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3 hrs ago | Film Comment

"Pussy Riot" Brings Art and Revolution to HRWFF

In February 2012, a group from the feminist art collective Pussy Riot entered Moscow's revered seat of Russian Orthodoxy, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, wearing their trademark colorful balaclavas and belted out a noisy 40-second song called a "punk prayer protest" near the altar.

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Related Topix: Religion

8 hrs ago | City Paper

Kosher Coupling

After performing in nearly 1,500 scenes with over 1,400 women and having won three AVN Awards I am more-than-qualified to speak on this matter.

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Related Topix: Fill the Void, Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Movies, Entertainment

12 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

Barbra Streisand Speaks Out on Treatment of Women in Israel

CBSNews reports that legendary star of stage and screen, Barbra Streisand , voiced her opinion on the current state of women in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel.

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Related Topix: Israel, Vocal, Barbra Streisand, World News, Middle East, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Funny Girl, Celebrities, Religion

15 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Orthodox Church in Glen Gardner celebrates consecration of church and altar

GLEN GARDNER - A momentous occasion took place in Northern Hunterdon County on Sunday, June 2, the consecration of the altar and church building of St Gregory Palamas Orthodox Church in Glen Gardner.

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Related Topix: Religion, Glen Gardner, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ

17 hrs ago | Salem-News.com

Tens of Thousands of Jews Protest State of Israel in NYC

On June 9, 2013, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews assembled on the streets of New York City to protest against the existence of the State of Israel, and to condemn it's current "evil decree" to draft yeshiva students.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Judaism

21 hrs ago | Forward

The Jewish Designer Who Taught Marc Chagall

'Though raised in a religious family, I threw off the old faith when I started to live my own life, as did so many men of my age," the 21-year-old Sergei Diaghilev wrote to Leo Tolstoy in 1893.

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Related Topix: Religion, Arts, Ballet, Painting

Yesterday | Nanaimo Daily News

Ex-altar boy tells archbishop's Winnipeg sex assault trial he felt 'disgusted'

A man who was an altar boy years ago testified Monday that a cleric in the Orthodox Church in America exposed himself and asked to be touched sexually in the small house attached to his church.

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Related Topix: Religion, North America, Canada, World News

Yesterday | Instapundit

Christendom's Greatest Cathedral to Become a Mosque

Greek for "Holy Wisdom" - was for some thousand years Christianity's greatest cathedral.

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Related Topix: Turkey, Middle East, World News, Religion

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WTEN-TV Albany

In Israel, Streisand slams treatment of women

French and U.S. experts are continuing their search for the 17th-century ship Griffin, which they believe sank in northern Lake Michigan in 1679.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, Religion

The Daily Star

Church leaders tell faithful to remain strong

Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregory III Laham speaks during a conference in Aley, Monday, June 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

WHBF-TV Rock Island

In Israel, Streisand criticizes treatment of women

The plans of a former Microsoft manager to create the "Starbucks of Pot" are worrying other activists who pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Washington state.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Marijuana, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Religion

Jerusalem Post

Chief rabbi battle

Judaism has a long, rich history of bitter, no-holds barred infighting, particularly among rabbis.

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Related Topix: Religion, Judaism, Israel, Middle East, World News, Opinion

RIA Novosti

Most Russian Orthodox Don't Read Bible, Pray, Go to Church - Poll

MOSCOW, June 17 About 64 percent of Russians identify themselves as belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church, but many of them have never read the Bible and rarely go to church or pray, a recent poll showed.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Religion, Prison

Foreign Affairs

Lesser Israel

As two new books detail, Israel's ultra-Orthodox community has formed a partisan bloc able to manipulate the country's political system even as it makes little effort to hide its contempt for secular democracy.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion,

Brandon Sun

In visit to Israel, Barbra Streisand criticizes treatment of women by ultra-Orthodox Jews

Entertainment star Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country - Jewish religious practices that separate men and women.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Islam in Russia faces threat of radicalism

The head of the Ulema Council of the Russian Council of Muftis, talks about the tensions between Muslims and Orthodox, Wahabi propaganda and problems with Muslim migrants in Tatarstan.

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Related Topix: World News, Russia, Asia, Religion, Islam,

TrekEarth

Asleep Koutloumousiou

Koutloumousiou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece.

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Catholic World News

USCCB, Greek Orthodox launch Faithandsafety.org

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have launched Faithandsafety.org, a website designed to help parents in guiding their children in the use of social media.

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Nanaimo Daily News

Revered Russian icon makes Nanaimo appearance Monday

Found at the root of a tree in 1298, a revered religious icon with a long and colourful history will make its first-ever local appearance.

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Related Topix: World News, Canada, Russia, Asia, Religion,

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Bet Shemesh workers accused of removing campaign ads

An opposition candidate for mayor of Bet Shemesh has accused incumbent Moshe Abutbol of sending municipal workers to remove his campaign signs in locations throughout the city.

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Related Topix: Israel, Religion