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Rabbi Adam Zeff of Germantown Jewish Centre. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Philly-area synagogues grapple with safety in the aftermath of Pittsburgh shooting

The shooting comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S.

8 years ago

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Gideon Murphy places a flower at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Robert Bowers, the suspect in Saturday's mass shooting at the synagogue, expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Shooting victims remembered: ‘The loss is incalculable’

They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community.

8 years ago

Hundreds of Philadelphians stand in solidarity with the Pittsburgh Jewish community during a vigil at Rittenhouse Square, on Saturday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Hundreds hold vigil in Philadelphia for synagogue shooting victims

A few hundred people held a candlelight vigil in Rittenhouse Square to mourn those killed in Pittsburgh Saturday.

8 years ago

After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its famed Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. They will be pulled from their exhibit, and other fragments will undergo further study. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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Arts & Entertainment

Museum of the Bible says 5 of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake

The museum will replace the five fragments in the display with three other fragments that will receive further study.

8 years ago

The plaza at 16th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia surrounds a bronze statue installed in 1964. The statue is America’s oldest public Holocaust memorial. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia’s Holocaust memorial, America’s oldest, gets a facelift

A new plaza was constructed to provide a better backdrop for the memorial and more information about Nazi Germany's atrocities.

8 years ago

A sign outside Ajo, Ariz., warns hikers to keep an eye out for people who have unlawfully crossed the nearby border with Mexico. (Ryan Lucas/NPR)
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Politics & Policy

Deep in the desert, a case pits immigration crackdown against religious freedom

A humanitarian activist, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, is saying that his faith compels him to offer assistance to people in dire need, including immigrants.

8 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)
Keystone Crossroads
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Justice Department investigating sex abuse of kids in Pa.’s Catholic Church

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Frustration, anger as clergy abuse bill stalls in Pa. Senate

The House and Senate have no more scheduled session days before the election.

8 years ago

Survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday, in Harrisburg. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Time is running out for Pa. clergy abuse measure

At issue is a provision that would give now-adult victims of child sexual abuse a two-year reprieve from time limits in state law that otherwise bar them from suing.

8 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, (R-Jefferson), walks through the Pennsylvania Capitol. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House, Senate remain in conflict as clock ticks on clergy abuse bill

Pa.'s Senate has started its last scheduled session week for the year — and all eyes are on a measure that aims to make it easier for victims of child sexual abuse to sue

8 years ago

Cardinal Donald Wuerl speaks in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 2015. Wuerl resigned on Friday after accusations of covering up sexual abuse.
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Community

Washington Catholic archdiocese names 31 priests ‘credibly accused’ of sexual abuse

The list documents cases dating back as far '48 and as recently as '96. 18 priests were arrested and 17 of them are now dead. None of those still living are currently active.

8 years ago

Chilean demonstrators light candles during an August vigil in Santiago that protested the sex abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Pope Francis defrocks 2 Chilean priests in deepening sex abuse scandal

A wide-ranging sexual abuse scandal has roiled Chile in recent months.

8 years ago

Rep. Mark Rozzi, (D-Berks) speaks at a rally in favor of the a two-year window for retroactive lawsuits on statute-limited cases. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. House, Senate appear poised for a battle over child sex abuse bill

A split over whether to allow retroactive lawsuits may doom the entire bill.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Does religion dictate politics, or visa versa?

Guest: Michele Margolis It is conventional wisdom in American politics that Christian voters gravitate to the GOP ...

Air Date: October 12, 2018 10:00 am

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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl. The two are seen here during the pope's visit to Washington, D.C., in 2015.
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Community

Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., who has been accused of covering up sexual abuse

8 years ago

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