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June 27, 2024

The Confounding Market for Religious Real Estate

Empty houses of worship can’t be easily refilled.

In yesterday’s newsletter, we mentioned the decline of America’s mainline churches, a phenomenon that, inter alia, is leading to some lovely buildings falling into disuse. Yet it isn’t easy for them to be transformed into places of prayer for denominations that might be growing. Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt recently discovered this in her and her husband’s attempt to find a home for a newly formed Jewish congregation in New York City:

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June 27, 2024

  1. It’s Time to Put at an End to Qatar’s Double-Dealing

    If the White House won’t act, Congress should.

  2. Who’s Winning the War in Gaza?

    A debate.

  3. The Squad’s Next Move: Scapegoating Jews

    Sharpening the sword of anti-Semitism after Jamaal Bowman’s defeat.

  4. Backwards Letters, the Divine Presence, and the Bible’s Most Mysterious Punctuation

    Facing the people and facing the ark.

  5. The Confounding Market for Religious Real Estate

    Empty houses of worship can’t be easily refilled.