Religion briefs for week of Nov. 23

Participants include St. Cecilia's Catholic Church and the San Geronimo Valley Community Presbyterian Church.

Interfaith community honors efforts of three

AWARD RECIPIENTS Ann Dapice , Monsignor Patrick Gaalaas and the Rev. Andrew Phillips: They were honored at the 25th annual Interfaith Awards Luncheon for their contributions to understanding between people of ...

Jesus Christ, Life to the Full

Challenge: Today do well the things you can and should do. Regarding the things in the future, that you have no control over, entrust them to God's hands and do not worry about them.

in Theory:Should family keep life support?

A hospital in Washington recently asked a judge for permission to stop treating a 12-year-old cancer patient whose parents, both Orthodox Jews, want his life support continued.

German couple that survived the Holocaust return to help restore Judaism

Eva Susskind and Fred Ashner, both in their 20s and single, discovered they shared much in common when they met in 1959 at a Passover seder in New York City.

Mission in the kitchen

Chef Bryan Graves keeps the congregation of Mickve Israel Temple well fed. Chef Bryan Graves keeps the congregation of Mickve Israel Temple well fed.

Jews, Muslims reach out

A rabbi appears on the television screen and says, "Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are both products of fear.

Evelyn Zigun

Evelyn Dantzig Zigun, 84, of Cherry Hill, N.J., formerly of Kingston, Pa., and Bridgeport, Conn., died Thursday in New Jersey.

A Jewish-Muslim effort to dispel fears and biases

Mehdi Eliefifi, a Muslim, remembers the first time he and a Jewish law partner went out to lunch, decades ago.

Religion calendar

Special events Richland Hills United Methodist Church and Richland Hills Disciples of Christ Church will hold a combined Thanksgiving worship service at 6 p.m. Sunday in the sanctuary of Richland Hills UMC, ...