Pope, in Slovakia, warns European countries against being self-centred; honours Slovak Holocaust victims
Bratislava, SlovakiaReuters Pope Francis warned against too much focus on individual rights and culture wars at the expense of the common good on Monday during a visit to Slovakia amid increased nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment across eastern Europe. The 84-year-old Francis, looking fit, is making his first trip since undergoing intestinal surgery in July. Asked […]
Lifestory: Afghanistan’s last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover
MUHAMMAD FAROOQ and JOSEPH KRAUSS, of Associated Press, tell the story of Zebulon Simentov, the last Jew in Afghanistan who is now understood to have left the country…
Israeli High Court hears challenge to Jewish nation law
Jerusalem, IsraelAP The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday was hearing a case against a contentious law that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, marking the beginning of a landmark challenge against legislation that opponents say discriminates against minorities. Critics say the law further downgrades the status of Israel’s Arab minority, which […]
ESSAY: WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD AUDIT THEIR WORDS, WORSHIP AND PRACTICES FOR ANTI-SEMITISM
In an article first published on Religion News Service, LAURA EVERETT, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, and DAN JOSLYN-SIEMIATKOSKI, professor of church history at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, look at what Christians can do to help stem the tide of anti-Semitism…