Synagogues have to balance security with remaining welcoming, a Texas rabbi says
Jewish leaders across the country are weighing the risks to congregants' safety after the hostage-taking at a Texas synagogue over the weekend.
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How a rabbi and other hostages made it out safely from a Texas synagogue
Many questions remain following this weekend's hostage-taking at a synagogue near Fort Worth. The four hostages survived the attack but the gunman died.
Co-owner of the NBA's Warriors lambasted after saying 'nobody cares about the Uyghurs'
The 34-year-old billionaire repeatedly told his podcast co-hosts that "Nobody cares about the Uyghurs." The sound bite has gone viral and has been viewed millions of times on Twitter.
Why the man who held Texas synagogue hostages invoked the name of Aafia Siddiqui
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mubin Shaikh, counter extremism specialist and public safety professor at Canada's Seneca College, on Aafia Siddiqui's influence in the recent Texas hostage crisis.
Israel Dresner, rabbi who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 92
Rabbi Israel "Sy" Dresner was one of the early Freedom Riders in the 1960s civil rights movement and was close with King. He said Jewish teachings and Jewish history compelled his activism.
All hostages are safe after being held at Texas synagogue, governor says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the hostages being held at a synagogue were freed.
Republican Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as the governor of Virginia
The businessman, the first Republican to hold the office in nearly a decade, took the oath alongside Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears. The pair surprised Democrats when they swept office in November.
Remembering Rabbi Israel Dresner, a Freedom Rider in the civil rights movement
One of the original Freedom Riders has died. Rabbi Israel Dresner was arrested and jailed multiple times for his activism. He was among those who answered Martin Luther King Jr.'s call.
Christian Nationalism is stronger than ever, even without Donald Trump as president
Christian Nationalism has grown in the last year. Now, some more mainline churches are speaking out against the movement, which they see as opposed to the teachings of Jesus.
Encore: For some secular Jews, their pandemic hobby has been learning Yiddish
A lot of people know a few Yiddish words, but few actually speak it outside Orthodox Judaism. During the pandemic, some secular Jews have taken up learning the language to reconnect to their heritage.