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Students congregate around the Yalla food truck, which offers kosher and halal food, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo/RNS-Yonat Shimron)

A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics

by Yonat Shimron and RNS October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

The menu at Yalla is as Middle Eastern as it gets: hummus, falafel, shawarma — in a pita, a bowl or on a plate. This food truck on a concrete patch beside […]

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker (right) speaks with Ben Breakstone, engagement and media coordinator, at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-RNS-Yonat Shimron)

U.S.

At new pulpit, ‘Rabbi Charlie’ balances Colleyville fame with one-to-one connection

by Yonat Shimron and RNS July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Palestinians cross into Israel from the West Bank through an opening in the Israeli separation barrier between the West Bank town of Qalqilya and the Israeli Kibbutz Eyal, Feb. 27, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP-Oded Balilty)

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Jewish groups denounce Presbyterian Church for calling Israel ‘apartheid’

by Yonat Shimron and RNS July 12, 2022

Deborah Lipstadt, and older woman with red hair, stands outside amid trees

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Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as antisemitism monitor in late-night Senate vote

by Yonat Shimron and RNS March 31, 2022

Deborah Lipstadt, an older white woman with red hair, speaks into a microphone while seated

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Long delayed, Deborah Lipstadt nomination for antisemitism envoy passes committee

by Yonat Shimron and RNS March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Law enforcement officers process the scene in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Brandon Wade)

U.S.

Synagogues forced to balance welcoming the stranger with protecting their own

by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 20, 2022

An interfaith group of clergy gathered at Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Community in Colleyville, Texas, to support law enforcement and the families of those taken hostage in the 11-hour standoff Jan. 15, 2022, at Congregation Beth Israel. (Photo/RNS-via Twitter)

U.S.

As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues gathered to help end the standoff

by Yonat Shimron and RNS January 18, 2022

Fireworks burst over the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem during the lighting of the Christmas tree, Dec. 4, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP-Maya Alleruzzo)

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Exceptions for Birthright rankle US Christians blocked from Israel at Christmas

by Yonat Shimron, Michele Chabin and RNS December 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, of the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, lights a menorah during a public Hanukkah celebration and menorah lighting ceremony in South Philadelphia on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)

More Orthodox women are being ordained, but change is uneven

by Yonat Shimron, Ilan Ben Zion and RNS December 17, 2021

A Facebook sign in New York City. (Photo/RNS-Alex Haney-Unsplash CC)

Tech

Report: Holocaust denial persists on Facebook one year after push to stanch it

by Yonat Shimron and RNS December 3, 2021December 3, 2021