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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville raises $3.3 million for renovation, other needs
Several upgrades are nearing completion as the synagogue, which opened in 1958 at 291 Main St., is set to begin a new chapter serving the region's Jewish community.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has female pastors
The statement of faith of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination asserts that only qualified men can serve as pastors.
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PublishedJune 14, 2023
Federal lawsuit challenges Maine’s limits on public funding for religious schools
The Catholic Diocese of Portland, St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and parents of a student from Whitefield say the state's tuition program discriminates against religious schools.
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PublishedApril 9, 2023
The Maine Millennial: No public mission, no public money
It’s the Bangor Christian School's style of faith that has turned my generation away from organized religion.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Commentary: Maine must stop trying to bypass SCOTUS decision on schools
The outcome in Carson v. Makin made clear that such religious discrimination in our education system must end. Why hasn’t it?
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Of all the cakes she’s baked, there’s just one this cookbook writer makes for Passover
Elinor Klivans wrote 14 baking books from her home in Camden. But for Passover there is just a single dessert: Mom's Walnut and Wine Passover Cake.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
Maine Voices: What would Jesus do now? It’s actually a radical question.
Recent Super Bowl ads suggested that Jesus is just like us, but what strikes me is how willing he was to upend easy pieties.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
After pandemic hiatus, Maine’s Jews looking forward to Hanukkah celebrations
There will be several events around southern Maine during the eight-day holiday, which begins at sundown on Sunday.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Maine Voices: Whether or not it’s protected by the First Amendment, racist is as racist does
Whatever its root, the proliferation of racist rhetoric helps to normalize it, intensifying racist violence and the oppression of minorities.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Vermont settles religious schools tuition lawsuits
The settlement follows a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said Maine schools cannot exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition aid for private education.
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