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In June, Muslim kids were asked to leave the Foster Brown Pool in Wilmington because of  what they were wearing. Now, the city has paid $50,000 to settle a discrimination claim. (Image via Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Wilmington pays $50,000 to Muslim school, students to settle discrimination claim

The payment ends a lawsuit filed in August after a Darul Amaanah Academy teacher and students complained they were harassed by management and staff at the Foster Brown Pool.

7 years ago

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A plaque from the original Daily Forward office, seen adorning its Lower Manhattan headquarters in 2013. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
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‘The Forward,’ storied Jewish paper, shutters print edition after 121 years

Founded as a Yiddish-language daily in 1897, the newspaper once known as The Jewish Daily Forward is ending its print operation to "become a digitally focused publisher."

7 years ago

Religious leaders  from diverse backgrounds model civil discussion on the difficult topics of race and faith. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

How two Philadelphia groups want to spark tough conversations about race and faith

Interfaith Philadelphia and NewCORE aim to spark conversations about race and faith in the region. There will be three more live events from February through April.

7 years ago

The National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Shrine of St. Rita on South Broad protected from wrecking ball

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia opposed the protection, arguing that the local landmark is under no threat and that government should not interfere in the affairs of the churc

7 years ago

Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput, center, celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.  (AP File Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Philadelphia Archdiocese places priest on leave over sex abuse allegations

The archdiocese said it also found two other priests unsuitable for ministry.

7 years ago

This August 2018 photo shows Holocaust survivor Max Glauben sitting in an interactive green screen room while filming a piece for the Dallas Holocaust Museum in Dallas. (McGuire Boles/Dallas Holocaust Museum via AP)
Community

Technology brings images of Holocaust survivors to life

Max Glauben, who turns 91 on Monday, is the latest Holocaust survivor to record an interactive testimony for the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation.

7 years ago

Saint Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Collingswood, New Jersey (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Camden priest retires amid renewed abuse allegations

The allegation came to light once again after a recent independent review of personnel files by a law firm.

7 years ago

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Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul.
(Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Community

Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian church

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have belonged to a unified church for centuries. Moscow argues it has had legal authority over Ukrainian churches since 1686.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 14, 2018, file photo, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro walks to the podium to speak about a grand jury's report on clergy abuse in the Roman Catholic Church during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

A reckoning is underway in U.S. Catholic Church

Recently disclosed accusations date back six or seven decades, with the oldest from the 1910s in Louisiana.

7 years ago

Tilko, a refugee from Iraq (at center with her back to the camera), at a Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 4, 2018, with the Jewish volunteers who helped her resettle in America. (Jerome Socolovsky/NPR)
NPR
Community

After Pittsburgh shooting, Jewish congregations vow to keep helping refugees

Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, Va., is one of many Jewish congregations across the country that have been helping to resettle refugees in America.

7 years ago

American volunteers Lilah Katz (far left) and her mother, Sharon Fine (far right), welcomed (top row from left) Fikiri, Onike, Paluki and Bienvenie, and (bottom row from left) Cecil, Oliva and Jeteme. (Courtesy of Sharon Fine)
NPR
Community

After years in refugee camps, a family celebrates its first Christmas in the U.S.

Furaha, her husband, Saidi Roger, 33, and their seven kids have been in the U.S. for three months.

7 years ago

Youth pastor Kyle Smith of First Assembly of God Paradise reads from the Bible on his phone because his copy of the book burned in the Camp Fire. His congregation is one of several now worshiping with congregations in Chico.
(Polly Stryker/KQED)
NPR
Community

‘Blessings come in’ as churches take in refugee congregations after the Camp Fire

Chico, Calif. has become a safe haven, not just for those burned-out individuals, but for several religious congregations, too.

7 years ago

Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals that priests who break their vows by sexually abusing children are similar to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. (Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Pope Francis tells abusive priests, bishops to turn themselves in

Pope Francis is urging predator priests to turn themselves in "to human justice, and prepare for divine justice," devoting part of his Christmas message to the abuse scandals

7 years ago

The future Faith and Liberty Discovery Center will expand to occupy the covered walkway at the corner of 5th and Market streets, opposite the National Museum American Jewish History and Independence Mall.
Arts & Entertainment

Bible Museum breaks ground at Independence Mall

A forthcoming Bible museum at Independence Mall will add scriptural perspective to American history.

7 years ago

Officers Rana Ashfaq (left) and Joe Crouse flank Kofi Walker, 9, at the Caroling with a Cop event held in collaboration between the 39th Police District and the Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School Of Music on December 7.
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Community

‘Caroling With Cops’ aims to spread cheer, ease tensions

The collaboration between the 39th Police District and the Georgia E. Gregory Interdenominational School of Music, is intended to create better relationships between residents

7 years ago

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