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Religion

Philadelphia's official visitor and travel site promotes the Eagles on billboards across the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

‘Pray, pray your hearts out,’ Eagles fans

Philly pastor says while divine intervention could play a part in the Super Bowl outcome, the Eagles have 'a ton of talent. These boys can play.'

9 years ago

Listen 4:33
In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo, a vehicle drives past polyvinyl chloride piping attached to a utility pole, signifying an outdoor area known as an eruv where Jewish residents observing certain restrictions during the Sabbath are permitted to carry items from home, along Airmount Road in Mahwah, N.J. The New Jersey state attorney general's office issued a subpoena to Mahwah township in August 2017 after the township adopted a rule limiting a public park to state residents, which opponents say targets the Jewish community from a nearby New York town. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

N.J. town accused of targeting Jews settles lawsuit over boundary

The lawsuit was sparked by a now-reversed township ordinance that would have effectively banned the building of an eruv.

9 years ago

A silver place marker is seen on a Torah at a Jewish temple in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, file)
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Living a moral, loving, compassionate life without God

I was raised as a reformed Jew. We were the “once-a-year” Jews. My family went to temple only for ...

9 years ago

The Department of Health and Humans Services is adding a Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom to protect doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to take part in some kinds of care because of moral or religious objections. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump will protect health workers who reject patients on religious grounds

The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom will protect workers who refuse procedures like abortion, or treat certain people, like transgender patients.

9 years ago

An NJ Transit train pulls into the station (Mel Evans/AP, file)
Courts & Law

Appeals court sides with NJ Transit on arresting preachers on platform

The ruling caps a six-year legal fight over whether ministers were the targets of discrimination.

9 years ago

Pope Francis waves at followers on his way to the Apostolic Nunciature in Santiago, Chile, on Monday.
NPR
Community

On visit to Chile, Pope asks for forgiveness over sex-abuse scandal

Pope Francis, arriving in Chile to begin a three-day visit, opened his trip by asking for forgiveness over a local priest-abuse scandal that has left the country reeling.

9 years ago

Asaf Barrios, 11, jams out on his steele drum accompanied by his father, Raul, at APM's Three Kings Day/Octavious celebration for displaced families from Puerto Rico in North Philadelphia on January 12 2018. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Three Kings and Octavitas bring a taste of home for Puerto Ricans starting over in Philly

Three Kings Day and Octavitas are two post-Christmas holiday celebrations important in Latin America. For recent arrivals from Puerto Ric ...

9 years ago

University of Pennsylvania Chaplain Charles
Community

Daring to put legs on faith with the inspiration of MLK

Rising to the challenges of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy encompasses more than a day of service.

9 years ago

Listen 6:22
A Delaware high school suspended a 10th grader for wearing a kufi to school, but the American Civil Liberties Union intervened and the school rescinded its action. (Bigstock Photo)
Education

ACLU gets school to rescind Muslim student’s suspension for wearing kufi

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware recently intervened to have a school overturn the suspension of a 10th grade Muslim student.

9 years ago

A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.
Courts & Law

Israel closes door to Philly Quaker group, other organizations advocating boycott

Israeli officials said they are defending their country's right to exist and will continuing fighting efforts to “delegitimtize” it.

9 years ago

Mormons and evangelical Christians shared strong support for President Trump in 2016, but theological differences still cause tension between the groups. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Community

Evangelicals and Mormons are political allies, but theological rivals

Despite different teachings, Mormons and evangelical Christians think alike when it comes to their expectations of Washington.

9 years ago

In this Dec. 11, 2017 photo, Erricka Bridgeford burns sage as she performs a ceremony near the scene of a homicide in Baltimore. Bridgeford lost a brother, a stepson, and three cousins to gun violence. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Peacemaker works to stop bloodshed in Baltimore

The spiritually minded activist began to cry, letting her tears fall on asphalt.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVINSON< ...

9 years ago

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Fans set up to tailgate ahead of the Raiders vs. Eagles Christmas Day game, at the Lincoln Financial Field, on Monday.
Community

Christmas marathon tailgating for hardy Eagles fans

Eagles fans crowd into the cold, blustery parking lots of Lincoln Financial field for the game to clinch home-field advantage in the playoffs

9 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

Why we kiss under mistletoe and toast with eggnog

These are a few of many questions, but with expert help, All Things Considered found some much-needed answers to share.

9 years ago

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