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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)
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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.

8 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)
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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.

8 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)
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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.

8 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)
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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

8 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.

8 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

8 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Anti-Semitic papers reported near Pittsburgh shooting site, elsewhere

Authorities are investigating the dissemination of anti-Semitic pamphlets in Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including the one in which a gunma ...

8 years ago

Adam Roseman, 52, and Rick Rosenthal, 66, pose after their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta. (Brenda Ford/StoryCorps)
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Lifestyle

He is Jewish, but being Santa is his calling

It's a role, he says, that holds a special place in his heart.

8 years ago

The grand jury report named hundreds of “predator priests” and enablers. But ahead of its publication, 11 sued, arguing that being identified would violate their right to a good reputation since they aren’t being charged with any crime. (AnnekaS/Bigstock)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Ruling on naming priests in abuse report may change Pa. grand jury process

The report named hundreds of “predator priests” and enablers. But 11 sued, saying being identified would violate their right to a good reputation since they weren't charged.

8 years ago

Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church in Cobbs Creek reimagined a parking lot as green space (Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church/Community Design Collaborative)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Sacred spaces reimagined with preservation, Philly communities in mind

Food was a common thread connecting all three projects.

8 years ago

The shrine of St. Katharine Drexel, including her tomb, is now established in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Sharing in the good fortune of St. Katharine Drexel

Gratitude to the Philadelphia philanthropist lasts a lifetime.

8 years ago

At Congregation Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh, families across the Jewish community will gather at the annual
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Community

A grieving Pittsburgh focuses on community and light in Hanukkah celebrations

Since the shooting, there have been youth-led events like rallies and prayer services.

8 years ago

The cover of a 1933 cookbook, Crisco Recipes For The Jewish Housewife, produced by Crisco's parent company Procter & Gamble, to promote the vegetable-based oil to the new wave of Jewish immigrants. (Courtesy of The New York Public Library's public domain)
NPR
Community

How a corporation convinced American Jews to reach for Crisco

Sunday is the first night of Hanukkah, and that means Jews around the country will be frying up potato latkes, celebrating the ancient miracle of the oil that burned for eight

8 years ago

An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, according to local law enforcement officials. (@johnachau via Reuters)
NPR
Lifestyle

The killing of American missionary ignites debate over how to evangelize

In his final journal entry, on November 16, Chau left instructions with the fishermen for contacting friends, family, and colleagues.

8 years ago

George Lakey takes a turn at soloing in the
Community

A home-grown ‘Messiah’ sing-along marks 50 years in Philly

For 50 years, George Lakey has been organizing sing-alongs of George Frideric Handel's iconic oratorio, a beloved part of the holiday soundtrack.

8 years ago

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