Yonat Shimron
National Reporter and Senior Editor at Religion News Service
National Reporter/Senior Editor, @RNS.
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christianitytoday.com | Yonat Shimron
The Old Testament professor was widely taught in seminaries and influenced many mainline and evangelical ministers. Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Bible scholars of the past century, died on June 5 at his home in Michigan. He was 92. The author of more than 100 books of theology and biblical criticism, Brueggemann was professor emeritus of Old Testament studies at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, until his retirement in 2003.
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christianitytoday.com | Yonat Shimron
The former religious freedom commissioner and Trump faith adviser steps in after the first weeks of food distributions. Bill O'Leary / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesAmerican evangelicals, driven by a biblical vision to protect Israel, have long been integral to US. diplomacy in the Holy Land. And now they have another player on the team.
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religionnews.com | Yonat Shimron
(RNS) — American evangelicals, driven by a biblical vision to protect Israel, have long been integral to U.S. diplomacy in the Holy Land. And now they have another player on the team. Johnnie Moore, the evangelical public relations executive with deep ties in the Middle East, was appointed chairman of the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Tuesday (June 3).
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religionnews.com | Yonat Shimron
(RNS) — City leaders lit the iconic Boulder Star on Colorado’s Flagstaff Mountain on Monday (June 2) to honor the Jewish community and those injured a day earlier in a Molotov cocktail assault on demonstrators marching in support of Israeli hostages. A vigil titled Coming Together is planned for Wednesday at the Jewish Community Center. And the Boulder Jewish Festival, planned for Sunday, will go on.
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ministrywatch.com | Yonat Shimron
(RNS) — The Rev. William J. Barber II’s ex-wife has asked a judge to look into allegations that the civil rights and anti-poverty leader has been paying her alimony from the finances of his nonprofit. Barber, who has been leading “Moral Mondays at the Capitol” to oppose the federal budget bill and was arrested as part of those demonstrations last month, is president of Repairers of the Breach, a nonprofit social change organization based in North Carolina.
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