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Salomon Abend, second from the left, at Beaune La Rolande.

A discovery of Holocaust-era photos helps a Jewish family connect with its past

5:23pm January 27, 2022

by Greg Allen

A box of photos discovered more than 30 years ago includes pictures of an internment camp and many who died at Auschwitz. The photos were recently reunited with the Jewish family they belong to.

Public officials including Israeli Knesset President Mickey Levy, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a wreath-laying ceremony on International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, revisit NPR's stories from survivors

2:24pm January 27, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The annual day of commemoration comes admist a rise in antisemitic incidents and Holocaust denialism in the U.S. and other parts of the world.

Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue.

A Texas man is accused of selling gun used to take synagogue hostages

5:36pm January 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Earlier Wednesday, British police said they arrested two more men in Manchester related to the hostage-taking incident.

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Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh, peace activist and Vietnamese Buddhist monk

1:34pm January 26, 2022

by Terry Gross

One of the world's most influential Zen masters, Thich Nhat Hanh championed "engaged Buddhism," which combines meditation and anti-war work. He died Jan. 22. Originally broadcast in 1997.

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Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95

8:42pm January 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.

India's Supreme Court steps in after Hindu leaders call for violence against Muslims

4:27pm January 21, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Video from a meeting in northern India shows Hindu leaders calling for attacks on Muslims. The crowd included politicians with ties to Prime Minister Modi. Two men have been arrested for hate speech.

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Houses of worship are trying to balance safety with their mission to welcome all

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Tovia Smith

The FBI and the Texas rabbi who was held hostage are meeting with synagogues to discuss how to protect themselves, as they strain to balance the need for security with their mission to welcome all.

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Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker talks to reporters following a special service arranged days after a 44-year-old British national held the rabbi and three others hostage inside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, TX.

'We can't live in fear': Texas rabbi held hostage says he'd give a stranger tea again

11:20am January 20, 2022

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker says we cannot live in fear. He and three congregants were held hostage by a man who knocked on the synagogue door and came in for tea.

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The former Pope Benedict XVI, seen here in 2010, did not intervene in four cases of sexual abuse when he was the archbishop of Munich and Freising, according to a law firm's new report. The inquiry was commissioned by the archdiocese.

Pope Benedict XVI failed to stop sex abuse when he was an archbishop, law firm says

10:28am January 20, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"In a total of four cases, we reached a consensus there was a failure to act," said attorney Martin Pusch of the law firm that was hired by the church to investigate decades of abuse.

Texas Rabbi who was held hostage says we can't live in fear

6:37pm January 19, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, from the congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. He and a few other congregants were held hostage at gunpoint for 11 hours.

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