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A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first night of Hanukkah.The synagogue was the site of a mass shooting in October. It was one of a number of tragedies and revelations that made 2018 a difficult year for the city of Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
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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.

7 years ago

A screenshot of Pastor Carl Johnson's Easter Sunday sermon, where his comments about Muslims in France have come under fire.
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Pa. Lutheran pastor criticized for ‘violent purge of Muslims’ comment after Notre Dame fire

On Easter Sunday, Pastor Carl Johnson confessed he had hoped the Notre Dame fire in Paris was committed by Muslims in order to justify the eradication of Muslims from France.

7 years ago

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Rabbi Chaim Goldstein is the director of the Chabad House at Drexel University. His uncle, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, was injured in the shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Duties are duties’: Philly rabbi pushes on despite attack on uncle’s California synagogue

Rabbi Chaim Goldstein’s uncle lost a finger in the California synagogue attack. His courage has inspired Goldstein to persevere rather than mourn.

7 years ago

A group gathers outside the Tree of Life Synagogue for a vigil to honor the victims of the Saturday attack on synagogue in California Saturday April 27, 2019 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It is six months to the day that a gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Pittsburgh synagogue: Violence ‘must end. Enough is enough!’

The Pittsburgh synagogue that six months ago was the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history held a vigil and offered its sympathy after another deadly shooting

7 years ago

Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa conservative evangelical who heads a group called The Family Leader, has invited seven top Democratic presidential candidates to a July forum that is a typical stop for Republican candidates. (Paul Sancya/AP)
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Politics & Policy

2020 Democrats talk faith; conservative Christian leaders respond

Bob Vander Plaats, president of The Family Leader, said he's sending invitations Friday to the top seven Democratic primary candidates in current polls.

7 years ago

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. Several people have been shot and injured at a synagogue in San Diego, California, on Saturday, said San Diego County authorities. (Denis Poroy/AP Photo)
Community

Synagogue shooting kills 1, wounds 3 during Jewish holiday

There was no known threat after a man was detained in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway, but authorities boosted patrols at places of worship as a precaution.

7 years ago

People attending the LGBTQ Seder read from the Haggadah modified by host Galia Godel to celebrate the queer Jewish experience. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Community

A West Philly Passover Seder celebrates its queer Jewish members for the fifth year

Sunday’s LGBTQ Seder went through the traditional steps but used them as a jumping off point to talk about the queer experience.

7 years ago

Patricia Cahill poses with sister Eileen at her parents' house in Ridgewood. The family were pleased and proud that the nun visited their house and that she took a special interest in Patricia. (Courtesy of Patricia Cahill)
The Why
Community

Why the Catholic Church ignored victims abused by nuns

Why have the victims of childhood sexual abuse by nuns been ignored? And how do gender imbalance and church hierarchy work together to minimize their stories?

Air Date: April 22, 2019

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 In the opening procession of “Via Crucis”, Jesus, portrayed by Marc Newsome, Mary, portrayed by Melanie Ashe, an the Weeping Women played by Miranda Pilate and Megan Short walk down the center aisle of St. John the Evangelist Church.   (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)

St. John’s in Center City marks Good Friday with ‘Via Crucis’

St. John the Evangelist parish observed Good Friday by staging “Via Crucis,” a musical score from Franz Liszt depicting the Stations of the Cross.

7 years ago

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of James Thomas More Griffin)
Community

Seven places to pray in solidarity with Notre Dame

Here are a few recommendations for places you can go to pray in solidarity with Christ in the garden — and with those mourning the destruction at Notre Dame Cathedral.

7 years ago

The spire of Christ Church in Od City fades behind a cascade of water, part of a fire protection system installed to prevent the kind of calamity that occured at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia’s historic Christ Church tests its fire sprinkler system ahead of renovations

In reaction to concerns about the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the historic Old City church tests its “deluge” suppression system.

7 years ago

Carolyn Fortney, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of her family's Roman Catholic parish priest as a child, awaits legislation in the Pennsylvania Capitol to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House hopes to approve final sex abuse reforms by week’s end

The Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse gave a number of recommendations, all aimed at stemming abuse and keeping institutions from covering it up.

7 years ago

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Community

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.

7 years ago

The Tree of Life synagogue is inviting young people worldwide to submit artwork in an art project called
Community

Stricken Pittsburgh synagogue calls for art to cover fencing

Organizers said that Tree of Life synagogue is looking for "original, uplifting images and graphics" to be printed on windscreens that will cover the temporary fencing.

7 years ago

Monsignor William Lynn was the first U.S. Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse.  After Pennsylvania's Supreme Court vacated Lynn’s conviction, he faces another trial this year.  (AP file photo)
Community

How the Catholic Church used treatment centers to protect priests accused of child abuse

At least 50 priests accused of molesting children in Pennsylvania were referred to a facility in Downingtown for evaluation and treatment.

7 years ago

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