How Jimmy Carter Saved A Jewish Mausoleum In Ukraine

(ANALYSIS) President Jimmy Carter, who died at age 100, was eulogized last Thursday at his state funeral in Washington, D.C. in a Scripture-filled service recalling a lifetime of good deeds and spirituality. Overlooked in all the tributes to the 39th U.S. president and born again evangelical Baptist was Carter’s role in 1979 from preventing the demolition of the mausoleum of Chassidic Rebbe Nachman of Breslov in Uman.

Analysis, Europe, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, News, Politics, Religious FreedomGil ZoharJanuary 14, 2025Gil Zohar, Jews, Judaism, Hasidic Jews, analysis, news, Jimmy Carter, politics, Soviet Union, Ukraine, politics and religion, Europe, religious freedom, rechargeComment

Why ‘The Waltons,’ The Classic TV Show That Just Turned 50, Wasn’t Afraid Of Religion

This week’s Weekend Plug-in opens with the 50th anniversary of “The Waltons,” a family drama that incorporated religious stories when the TV networks tended to avoid them. Plus, as always, catch up on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Proclaim ‘Trump 2024’ In The Midst Of A Religious Celebration

(OPINION) Celebrating the culmination of Sukkot, thousands of ultra-Orthodox, Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn held hands and danced in the streets this week with yellow flags proclaiming “the Rebbe” as the Messiah and blue flags proclaiming “Trump 2024.”