Simchat Torah celebrations in Netanya, Israel, in 2013.

Simchat Torah: A Jewish holiday of reading, renewal and听resilience

Oct. 14, 2022

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It鈥檚 about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.

Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court

There is no one 鈥榬eligious view鈥 on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

June 24, 2022

Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.

Protestant Christians have been debating 鈥 and more often than not, supporting 鈥 modern contraceptives since they first appeared.

Protestants and the pill: How US Christians helped make birth control mainstream

May 26, 2022

Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders鈥 support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.

Old Main

Seventeen students are named 2022 Van Ek Scholars

April 28, 2022

The award, considered one of the College of Arts and Sciences' highest honors, is given to students for academic achievement and service

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Patriarch of Russia Kirill and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (in background), at a monastery outside Moscow in 2017.

Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout 鈥楪od鈥檚 law,鈥 but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn鈥檛 work

April 22, 2022

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, preached a sermon on March 6, 2022, in which he suggested the violation of 鈥 God鈥檚 law 鈥 provided divine license for the war against Ukraine. In particular, Kirill pointed to Ukrainian acceptance of gay rights and the promotion of gay...

Bible

Why translating 鈥楪od鈥檚 law鈥 to government law isn鈥檛 easy

March 17, 2022

The relationship between certain interpretations of the Bible and public life in the U.S. continues to be in the headlines. During the March for Life anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2022, the Bible featured prominently, with passages from the books of Jeremiah and Proverbs, among others, on...

An ornament on a Christmas tree reads, "Happy Hanukkah."

To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the 鈥楧ecember听Dilemma鈥

Dec. 21, 2021

Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families鈥攂ut thoughtful communication makes a difference

Star of David

鈥楯ews of Color鈥 initiative gets $250k boost

Dec. 20, 2021

Henry Luce Foundation funds a three-year partnership between the Program in Jewish Studies and University Libraries to 鈥榬ecover, study and elevate鈥 voices of Jews of color.

David Shneer

New public scholarship fund honors late historian David Shneer

May 19, 2021

Eileen and Richard Greenberg created the fund to continue the late scholar鈥檚 life鈥檚 work.

Harry Potter train

Harry Potter as modern religious text

Feb. 9, 2021

CU 麻豆影院 senior鈥檚 thesis reflects on what it means to be a spiritual text.

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