Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Terrorist grenade injures U.S. girl.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46559 TERRORIST GRENADE INJURES U.S. GIRL JERUSALEM -- Dejean Replogle, 16, of Jacksonville, Fla., is comforted by a doctor in the Jerusalem hospital after she was injured when a terrorist grenade struck the bus in which she was riding. Miss Replogle and 17 fellow parishioners of the Main Street Baptist Church of Jacksonville were travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho when the grenade hit the bus at the ruins of Bethany. Shrapnel struck Miss Replogle in the leg and she was rushed to Jerusalem where she underwent surgery. In Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organization took responsibility for the attack and warned foreigners “not to go to occupied Palestine as we are not responsible if they get hurt during the escalation of commando activity against the Israeli enemy.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-Jer-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Replogle, Dejean., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Topics:
Physicians--Jerusalem., Tourism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Tourism--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Terrorism--Jerusalem., Victims of terrorism--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362271
Title:
Terrorist grenade injures U.S. girl.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Replogle, Dejean., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Topics:
Physicians--Jerusalem., Tourism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Tourism--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Terrorism--Jerusalem., Victims of terrorism--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362047
Title:
Police subdue Arab demonstrators.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46258 POLICE SUBDUE ARAB DEMONSTRATORS JERUSALEM -- Israeli police officers subdue Arabs during an outbreak of violence near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. Riot policemen and soldiers battled stone-throwing crowds in the former Arab sector of Jerusalem as demonstrations in favor of Palestinian independence continued on the occupied West Bank. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-JER-11C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Jerusalem., Police--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Police brutality--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361915
Title:
Police subdue Arab demonstrators.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Jerusalem., Police--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Police brutality--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361817
Title:
Meets with Israeli leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46160 MEETS WITH ISRAELI LEADERS JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) prepares to enter a limousine following a round of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon. Dr. Kissinger, during his latest trip to Israel and the Arab nations, reached agreement on furthering Middle East peace efforts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JER-10C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., United States. Department of State., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995., Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980.
Topics:
Visits of state--Jerusalem., Foreign ministers--Jerusalem., Prime ministers--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict., Cabinet officers--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361511
Title:
Halting an 'invasion'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-46132 HALTING AN 'INVASION' JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops carry a squatter from a site between Jerusalem and Jericho, as some 3,000 "ultra-Orthodox" Israeli Jews and "members of Israel's right-wing groups" launched an "invasion" into the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Jordan with the intention of "settling" there, according to Radio Israel. A spokesman for the "settlers" said the effort was launched "by design" to precede the arrival in Israel of U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-JER-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Jerusalem., Protest camps--Jerusalem., Police--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., West Bank., Jericho.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361510
Title:
Melkite patriarch defends jailed prelate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CJ-46088 MELKITE PATRIARCH DEFENDS JAILED PRELATE VATICAN CITY -- Melkite Catholic Patriarch Maximos V Hakim of Beirut, Lebanon, in an address to the international Synod of Bishops of the Ronan Catholic Church, expressed support for his vicar in Jerusalem, who is being tried by an Israeli court on charges of smuggling arms and explosives for Palestinian guerrillas. Referring to the case of Syrian-born Archbishop Ilarion Capucci, the Patriarchal Vicar of the Melkite Church in East Jerusalem who went on trial Sept. 20, Patriarch Hakim said: "We should not be too quick to condemn him, despite propaganda to the contrary. He has taken risks to direct attention of the world to the rights of the Arabs, at least in Jerusalem and the territories occupied (by the Israelis) since the war of 1967." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-1OA- 74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Antioch (Melchite), Hakim, Maximos V, Patriarch of Antioch., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topics:
Councils and synods--Vatican City., Church controversies--Jerusalem., Church and state--Catholic Church., Church and state--Jerusalem., Church and social problems--Jerusalem., Trials (Illegal arms transfers)--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361505
Title:
Ultra Orthodox Jews 'invade' Israeli-occupied Jordan area.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Jerusalem., Protest camps--Jerusalem., Police--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., West Bank., Jericho.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361459
Title:
Patriarch defends jailed prelate in speech before the Synod.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Antioch (Melchite), Hakim, Maximos V, Patriarch of Antioch., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topics:
Councils and synods--Vatican City., Church controversies--Jerusalem., Church and state--Catholic Church., Church and state--Jerusalem., Church and social problems--Jerusalem., Trials (Illegal arms transfers)--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361444
Title:
A forceful retreat.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Demonstrations--Jerusalem., Protest camps--Jerusalem., Police--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., West Bank., Jericho.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361399
Title:
Meets with Israeli leaders.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., United States. Department of State., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995., Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980.
Topics:
Visits of state--Jerusalem., Foreign ministers--Jerusalem., Prime ministers--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict., Cabinet officers--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361391
Title:
Rejoicing of the Torah.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-45959 REJOICING OF THE TORAH The Torah scrolls are carried in joyous procession around a Jerusalem synagogue on the holiday of Simhat Torah, the “Rejoicing of the Torah.” The festival marks the completion of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah and the beginning of a new cycle, and it is marked with dancing, singing and drinking of wine. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-JER-8E-74-DS)
Creator:
Israel. Lishkah ha-memshaltit le-tayarut. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Torah scrolls., Judaism--Customs and practices., Simḥat Torah., Processions, Religious--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361217
Title:
Archbishop goes on trial.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CJ-46048 ARCHBISHOP GOES ON TRIAL JERUSALEM -- Melkite Catholic Archbishop Ilarion Capucci talks with newsmen in Jerusalem after the first day of his trial on charges of smuggling arms and explosives from Lebanon to Palestinian guerrillas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank (of Jordan). After the bill of indictment was read, the 52-year-old Syrian-born prelate, who represents Melkite Patriarch Maximos V. Hakim in Jerusalem, was asked to respond to the charges and enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. Before allowing his client to reply, defense attorney Azeez Shehadeh, a Christian Arab, submitted two preliminary claims, which, if accepted by the court, would lead to a dismissal of all charges. Mr. Shehadeh claimed that Israel had no legal jurisdiction in East Jerusalem which is occupied territory, and that Archbishop Capucci, as a possessor of a Vatican passport and an Israeli Foreign Ministry service visa, enjoyed diplomatic immunity. The court recessed for several days to rule on the challenge. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-JER-9D-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017--Trials, litigation, etc., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Melchite--Bishops., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Jerusalem., Christianity and politics--Catholic Church., Christianity and politics--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Illegal arms transfers--West Bank., Diplomatic privileges and immunities., Trials.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361215
Title:
Melkite archbishop arrested by Israelis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CJ-45925 MELKITE ARCHBISHOP ARRESTED BY ISRAELIS JERUSALEM -- Archbishop Ilarion Capucci, Patriarchal Vicar of the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church in Jerusalem, has been arrested by Israeli police and charged with smuggling arms and explosives to Arab Guerrillas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Police said that the 52-year-old prelate, who was born and raised in Syria, had been acting as an undercover liaison man and gunrunner between Al Fatah guerrilla headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, and guerrillas operating in the Judea and Samaria regions of the occupied West Bank of Jordan and in the Jerusalem region. According to Chief Superintendent Nahum Bosmi, large quantities of weapons and explosives had been found hidden in the archbishop’s Mercedes sedan earlier in August after he had returned from a visit to Lebanon. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8D-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017--Trials, litigation, etc., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Melchite--Bishops., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Jerusalem., Christianity and politics--Catholic Church., Christianity and politics--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Illegal arms transfers--West Bank., Arrest.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361212
Title:
Archbishop goes on trial.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017--Trials, litigation, etc., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Melchite--Bishops., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Jerusalem., Christianity and politics--Catholic Church., Christianity and politics--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Illegal arms transfers--West Bank., Diplomatic privileges and immunities., Trials.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361155
Title:
Mid-east conferences.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45687 MID-EAST CONFERENCES During his Middle East tour, President Nixon conferred with the leaders of five nations. At tope, Mr. Nixon and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (right) talk with President Hafez al Assad of Syria (center) in Damascus. Following the meeting, it was announced that the U.S. and Syria would resume diplomatic relations, which had been broken by Syria in 1967. Later, in Jerusalem, Mr. Nixon conferred with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin (right). The President also paid a visit to Golda Meir, the former Premier, at her home in Jerusalem. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ME-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Prime ministers--Israel., Visits of state--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360930
Title:
Nixon's at Yad Vashem.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-45696 NIXONS AT YAD VASHEM JERUSALEM -- President and Mrs. Nixon listen to a cantor during a visit to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the six million Jews killed during World War II, in Jerusalem. Mr. Nixon wears a hat, following Jewish law. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JER-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993., Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Cantors (Judaism)--Jerusalem., Judaism--Liturgy., Visits of state--Israel., Holocaust memorials--Jerusalem., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360868
Title:
Nixon's at Yad Vashem.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993., Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Cantors (Judaism)--Jerusalem., Judaism--Liturgy., Visits of state--Israel., Holocaust memorials--Jerusalem., Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360719
Title:
Mid-east conferences.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents--Syria., Prime ministers--Israel., Diplomatic protests., Visits of state--Syria--Damascus.
Geographic subjects:
Damascus (Syria), Jerusalem., United States--Foreign relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360662
Title:
Patriarch of Jerusalem attending Easter service.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 4941 The Patriarch of Jerusalem attending Easter service British official The patriarch in the procession during Palm Sunday observances Easter Jerusalem Patriarch Orthodox
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Barlassina, Luigi., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin)
Topics:
Bishops--Jerusalem., Palm Sunday--Jerusalem., Holy Week--Jerusalem., Processions, Religious--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360491

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