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Montana Jewish Community Is A Model For Others Who Are Harassed

7:14am December 31, 2019

by Aaron Bolton

Members of a synagogue added armed guards to services following harassment by a neo-Nazi website. They also coordinated harassment responses with police, and say more towns should do the same.

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Reaction To Rampage At Hanukkah Celebration As Prosecutors File Hate Crime Charges

4:28pm December 30, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg about outward expressions of Jewish identity, in light of anti-Semitic hate crimes.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Attack, Texas Church Shooting, U.S. Airstrikes

6:08am December 30, 2019

Five people are stabbed at a rabbi's home in New York. Two people die after a gunman opens fire at a Texas church. And, U.S. airstrikes on sites in Iraq and Syria target an Iranian-backed militia.

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Pastors Debate Evangelical Community's Support For Trump

5:44pm December 28, 2019

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to Eric Costanzo and Malachi O'Brien, both Evangelical pastors, about political attitudes among Evangelicals after two opposing op-eds in popular Christian publications.

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The walls of the Golden Rose restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine, are covered with collages that tell detailed stories about the Jewish legacy of the city.

Reflections From A Jew At A Mock-Jewish Restaurant

11:43am December 28, 2019

by Alex Schmidt

On a trip to explore her Jewish-Ukrainian roots, one writer made a stop at a controversial Jewish-themed restaurant, where guests are served matzo at every meal and invited to haggle over the check.

Disgraced Former Cardinal Made Payments To Vatican Officials During Sex Abuse Case

4:28pm December 27, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Washington Post reporter Shawn Boburg about a disgraced former cardinal who made church payments to Vatican officials investigating him for the sexual abuse of a minor.

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Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue earlier this month. Deutsch was killed in a shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J., kosher food market.

New York To Increase Police Presence After Anti-Semitic Attacks

2:52pm December 27, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

It's "open season on Jews," one New York City council member said in the wake of violence in Brooklyn this week. The attacks come as Jews around the world celebrate Hanukkah.

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In 'Preach' Podcast, Lee Hale Hosts Conversations About Struggling With Faith

6:21pm December 26, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Lee Hale, host of the podcast, Preach, about his conversations with people who are struggling with their faith.

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Pope Francis called for compassion toward migrants in a Christmas Day speech from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

In Christmas Day Message, Pope Francis Shines Light On Migrant Suffering

1:34pm December 25, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

"It is injustice that turns them away from places where they might have hope for a dignified life, but instead find themselves before walls of indifference," the pontiff said in his holiday address.

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Beyond Adam And Eve: Religion And The Gender Binary (Rebroadcast)

1:37pm December 24, 2019

How are religious institutions reckoning with society's evolving views on gender?