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4+ hour ago  (123+ words) Blytheville First United Methodist to observe Ash Wednesday'NEA Town Courier Blytheville First United Methodist to observe Ash Wednesday Blytheville First United Methodist Church will hold noon and 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday services Feb. 18 at 701 Main, including a short devotional, ashes, and a…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (331+ words) Swapping restaurant reviews for Israel advocacy, Kosher Guru finds new mission'Ynetnews For years, Gabriel Boxer built a global following as the "Kosher Guru" through vibrant coverage of kosher restaurants, Jewish culture and travel Yet as hostility toward Israel and Jews…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (61+ words) What Carrie Prejean Boller tells us about Christian Zionism in the US'Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | February 16, 2026 Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California and a recent Catholic convert, was removed Wednesday from the White House's Religious…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (717+ words) Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. Japanese pioneer Hebraist Takamitsu Muraoka died last week in Leiden, the Netherlands, at age 88, after suffering a stroke a few weeks earlier and never fully recovering. A specialist in…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago  (364+ words) " " " | February 16, 2026 In a podcast interview, Reb Shleime Zarchi shares his journey of growing up at the Rebbe's feet, the guidance he received as a mashpia in 770, and the formative moments that shaped his influence on thousands of talmidim. Reb Shleime…...

7+ hour, 18+ min ago  (506+ words) Unlike many of my fellow BCC authors (and readers), I'm fairly new to the world of religious studies. So for those of us who are, um, lay learners (not to be confused with lazy learners OR professional learners) of theology…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (191+ words) US Ambassador: 'Stop anti-Semitic persecution of Jewish circumcisers'VRT US Ambassador: 'Stop anti-Semitic persecution of Jewish circumcisers In a lengthy post on X, formerly Twitter, the US ambassador to Belgium strongly criticises Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke (Flemish socialist Vooruit). He…...

10+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1067+ words) By Hannah Feuer February 16, 2026 At a Brooklyn synagogue on a recent Monday afternoon, a video of Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski played on a two-foot-tall box. Seated in a leopard-print chair, her hands folded in her lap, Warshawski blinked and nodded…...

11+ hour, 52+ min ago  (631+ words) Excavation in Jerusalem's Mount Scopus was noticed where none should be. Antiquities inspectors waited for nights and caught thieves red-handed Treasures from antiquity hidden in Israel's soil are supposed to stay there until being gingerly unearthed by archaeologists, but looters…...

14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1085+ words) Amid rising campus tensions after October 7, Pool decided to host a Mimouna event of his own at Rollins College, and Muslim students showed up in droves. "I spent years sleeping over at my grandparents" house and hearing stories about the…...