In today’s fast-paced, always-evolving world, anyone trying to make a living, participate in creating positive change and also raising a family faces some special challenges. Rabbi Simcha [...]
While leading a faith community is both a spiritual gift and great honor, it is also a great responsibility. Priests, ministers, rabbis, imams, or other leaders are assumed to have strong and [...]
June, traditionally celebrated as Gay Pride Month, is here, and with it comes a slew of federal decisions that will affect the American LGBT community. In addition to the Supreme Court’s plans to [...]
This weekend, tune in to State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, to find out what the comprehensive immigration reform bill means for the American LGBT [...]
On the next State of Belief Radio – is there room for bi-national gay couples in Comprehensive Immigration Reform? Hadar Susskind of Bend the Arc will be here to talk about the chances of – and [...]
It would be great if we didn’t need to compile statistics about hate crimes motivated by religious bias. But as long as such crimes are happening, it’s essential to know who’s [...]
“I think that here in the West, we are moving from tolerance to inclusion, and to being fully embraced, totally affirmed and completely understood… I think that as we make that [...]
“This is a more free-wheeling pope than they’ve been used to, but that’s exactly what he wants to be.” – Kevin Eckstrom Pope Francis is understood by many to say [...]
This past week, a group of Muslim leaders from around the globe traveled together to the sites of Nazi death camps, prayed for Holocaust victims and met with survivors. The Muslim leaders also [...]
Since the beginning of the year, anti-gay hate crimes in the famously accepting and diverse City of New York have almost doubled compared to last year – including the cold-blooded slaying of a [...]