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Black Rabbi, Cousin Of Michelle Obama, Expanding The Face Of Judaism

Rabbi Capers Funnye, a prominent African-American rabbi from Chicago and cousin of First Lady Michelle Obama, wants to diversify the Jewish faith.

“The color of a person’s skin should not matter. It is what is in that person’s heart and in that person’s soul that matters,” he told a Beverly Hills congregation on Friday.

A staunch proponent of diversity in religion and one of a handful of Black rabbis, Funnyee himself is

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Aug 18, 2011 at 9:15 am

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Gospel Song of The Day: No Way

Welcome a new day with new possibilities. We all want to embrace happiness and the chance of a new day. That’s the best thing about sunrise. The darkness is over. May today be the beginning of the end of darkness for you.

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Jul 27, 2011 at 11:56 am

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Hallelujah! Coalition Seeks To Bring Black Men Back To Church

The National Black Church Initiative, a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches, will begin a seven-year initiative to bring Black men back to the church.

The mission is a part of the NBCI’s Healing Family Initiative, which seeks to bolster African-American families against the tide of violence, poverty, moral depravity and failure.

The Grio Reports:

The NBCI uses a Pew Forum 2007 survey and the findings of the Barna Research Group to support their

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Jun 16, 2011 at 12:49 pm

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Time For Mormons, Romney To Confront Religion’s Racist Past

Writer Earl Ofari Hutchinson tackled the topic of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s refusal to confront the racist past of his Mormon religion, in an op-ed on The Grio today.

Hutchinson takes us back to the Mormons long standing purported curse of Ham teachings about Blacks, which justifies the enslavement of Blacks in many Mormon circles.

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May 28, 2011 at 10:59 pm

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Brooklyn Teacher Says She Was Fired For Praying In School

A Sunday-school teacher and assistant special-education teacher was fired from her job at a Brooklyn elementary school for praying in the classroom.

PS 224 assistant special-education teacher Anita Wooten-Francis, 52, claims she never hid her faith but took care not to influence kids. She worshiped in her classroom before or after students left, read the Bible on her lunch break, led

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May 19, 2011 at 11:00 am

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Is May 21st Really Judgment Day? This Is What They’re Saying

This past week, I’ve been waking up to the news, huge colorful ads in newspapers and groups of people in the streets passing out literature reporting that Judgement Day will take place on May 21st, which is just a mere two days away. For those who believe in God, the coming back of Christ is not an event to fear, but rather a long anticipated event that wasn’t tied to any

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May 17, 2011 at 11:48 am

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Bronx Pastor Is Obama’s New Religious Ambassador

NEW YORK-Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook was sworn in as the first African American to be the White House Ambassador For Religious Freedom.

The New York Daily News reports:

She was the first woman to serve as a chaplain for the NYPD, a position she has held since 1990. After 9/11, she helped traumatized police officers and worked with the city’s Muslim leaders.

Johnson Cook said passion for learning about other religions and cultures came

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May 11, 2011 at 2:54 pm

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