Wow!: German artist nearing 100,000 cobblestones to mark victims of Nazis
TILMAN BLASSHOFER, of Reuters, reports on Gunter Demnig’s efforts to commemorate those who died in the Holocaust…
Details revealed about King Charles III’s coronation service; Stone of Scone arrives in London
London, UKAP It will be a coronation of many faiths and many languages. King Charles III, keen to show that he can be a unifying figure for everyone in the United Kingdom, will be crowned in a ceremony that will for the first time include the active participation of faiths other than the Church of […]
Anti-Semitism spiked in the US in 2022, but physical assaults were few, ADL reports
United StatesRNS A new audit of anti-Semitism in the US shows a continued growth in the number of incidents reported in 2022. The Anti-Defamation League’s newest report tabulated 3,697 anti-Semitic incidents last year in three large categories: harassment, vandalism and assault. According to the ADL, the rise in anti-Semitism represents a 36 per cent increase from the […]
Wow!: Holocaust survivors offered DNA tests to help find family
DEEPTI HAJELA, of Associated Press, reports on the work of the DNA Reunion Project…
Essay: Answering the refugee crisis as a matter of faith
In an article first published on Religion News Service, WASEEM AHMAD, ANNE BURGHARDT, and MARK HETFIELD say faith groups are usually the first responders when people are displaced, and the last…
Israel demands apology after Russia says Hitler had Jewish roots
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. In a signal of sharply deteriorating relations with Moscow, the Israeli foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador and demanded an apology. “Such […]
Essay: Holy Thursday is a Christian Passover, when we remember who we are
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article published by Religion News Service, says Christians cannot understand the Eucharist unless they understand the Jewish Passover…
Sight-Seeing: Faith and true crime – the morals of writing about seekers and grisly deaths
True-crime writer MARK I PINSKY, in an article published on Religion News Service, says the Bible offers an “ethical lens” through which to judge modern wrongdoing, and the nature of justice…
Pope responds to Israeli criticism over comments on Jewish law
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has moved to allay Jewish concerns over comments he made about their books of sacred law, following a demand for clarification from Israel’s top rabbis, Vatican and Jewish community sources said on Monday. Last month Reuters reported exclusively that Rabbi Rasson Arousi, chair of the Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of […]
Interfaith relations: In Berlin, a dream of three faiths worshipping in one building meets reality
KEN CHITWOOD, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the House of One project…