Read more of Betty Rollin’s interview about Sholem Aleichem with Professor Jeremy Dauber, who teaches Yiddish literature at Columbia University: Professor Jeremy Dauber I’m writing a book about Sholem Aleichem, and I’m looking at these clips of “Fiddler on the … More →

February 20, 2009

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama established a Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to advise him on several social issues. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton spoke with several council members about what they hope to accomplish … More →

February 20, 2009

On February 17, a group of Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum made public their recommendations for how to reduce domestic poverty. Watch Sojourners president Jim Wallis, Bethel New Life founder Mary Nelson, and Clapham Group principal … More →

February 18, 2009

[MYPLAYLIST=5] BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In the aftermath of Israel’s incursion into Gaza, Amnesty International says there is evidence of war crimes by both sides during the fighting. Meanwhile, both Israel and Hamas are restricting the flow of humanitarian aid into … More →

February 13, 2009

FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Nigerians may want for many of life’s basic needs. A house of worship would not seem one of them. In the largest city, Lagos, there are traditional, old-line churches. But there also are hundreds of banners … More →

February 13, 2009

SAUL GONZALEZ: It’s a scene captured in countless home movies: a mother in the hospital with her newborn infant. But this mom, Sarah Kastner, isn’t keeping her son named Bo. Twenty years old, single and worried she’s not ready to … More →

February 13, 2009

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is asking a range of religious leaders what they most hope for in the first 100 days of the Obama administration. Watch Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World; Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, director of … More →

February 12, 2009

Brookings Institution senior fellow William Galston talks with Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly producer Susan Goldstein about the vices and virtues of market societies and what Jewish tradition says about the economy and our human inclinations.

February 10, 2009

William McGurn, a vice president at News Corporation and former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, talks with Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly producer Susan Goldstein about Wall Street, wealth, Catholic teaching, and the market economy.

February 10, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Next Thursday, February 12, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and there will be many celebrations of his achievements. It’s also the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and this year is the 150th … More →

February 6, 2009