Religion
Philadelphia family helps people break their fast during Ramadan
The Dabbour family began to offer meals during Ramadan after an anonymous donor gave them the means to do so six years ago.
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What happens to business when restaurants close for Ramadan?
Proprietors say cooking while you’re thirsty is worth it for faith. And relatively speaking, the monetary hardships don’t weigh heavily on many Muslim restaurateurs.
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How the fight for religious freedom has fallen victim to the culture wars
The promotion of religious freedom in America, a cause that not long ago had near unanimous support on Capitol Hill, has fallen victim to the culture wars.
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CEO of the National Museum of American Jewish History to step down
Ivy Barsky, head of the NMAJH since 2012, is stepping down. The museum has not performed as expected in its building on Independence Mall.
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Local mosques invite neighbors to pray, break fast this weekend
Muslim leaders across the U.S. are opening their doors to build understanding.
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How will Game of Thrones end? It’s the question on the minds of over 40 million fans, who are eagerly anticipating the series’ final episode this Sunday.
Air Date: May 17, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:30American Muslims in public life say they face outsized scrutiny
At a rally on Capitol Hill organized by black women leaders in support of Ilhan Omar, the embattled Democratic congresswoman addressed the crowd.
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Pope Francis issues rules requiring priests and nuns to report abuse
The sweeping new regulations are Francis' latest effort to combat sexual abuse involving the Church, a long-running and painful issue that has cast a shadow on his papacy.
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Meet Sadaf Jaffer, New Jersey’s first female Muslim mayor
"I want to be that person I needed to see when I was younger," Jaffer said.
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Jewish schools in Pa. seek piece of public grants for security
Like some other states, Pennsylvania began a $10 million school safety grant program after the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. has seen more than 700 cases of the highly contagious disease since January.
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Rocked by gay clergy issues, closures and mergers, the United Methodist Church is ‘in turmoil’
Across the country, some of the largest UMC communities teeter on dissolution amid a raging debate over the church’s ban of LGBT clergy.
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‘Prayer can’t be our only form of defense’: Mosques eye security for Ramadan
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins, mosques around the U.S. are taking a serious look at security.
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‘We were lucky’: Kids of Holocaust survivors learned their parents’ life philosophy
This Holocaust Remembrance Week, Abe and Esther Schuster reflect on their parents' joyful view of life in a recent StoryCorps conversation.
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Report: Anti-Semitic incidents dip in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey
Despite a nationwide drop of anti-Semitic incidents in 2018, the Anti-Defamation League recorded the second-highest number of those events in the last decade.
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