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News Articles: Religion

Residents walk through the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park on September 23 in New York City. Borough Park is one of numerous Brooklyn neighborhoods that are witnessing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

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  • Religion

How New York's Orthodox Jewish Community Is Responding To Coronavirus Safety Measures

Avi Greenstein, CEO of Boro Park Jewish Community Council, reflects on the reaction in New York City's Hasidic communities to tough coronavirus safety measures.

October 01, 2020
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro and
  • Christianna Silva
Bombing victim Sarah Collins Rudolph, pictured in 2013, argues that Ku Klux Klan members who attacked the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 were "inspired and motivated by then-Gov. [George] Wallace's racist rhetoric."

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  • Race

Alabama Gov. Apologizes To Surviving '5th Girl' Of 1963 KKK Bombing

"There should be no question that Ms. Collins Rudolph and the families of those who perished ... suffered an egregious injustice that has yielded untold pain and suffering over the ensuing decades."

September 30, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg donated one of her lace collars and a copy of the book <em>My Own Words</em> to the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

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  • World

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Iconic Collar To Go On Display In Israel

The collar, one of the late justice's signature fashion accessories, as well as an autographed copy her book, My Own Words, will be exhibited at the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

September 30, 2020
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  • Daniel Estrin
GPB News NPR

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  • Religion

At Senate Hearings, Coney Barrett Could Face Questions About Catholic Beliefs

Amy Coney Barrett is a devout Catholic and member of a charismatic group. Her Supreme Court nomination raises questions of whether the faith of a justice can or should influence their jurisprudence.

September 28, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Gjelten
An officer of the French National Gendarmerie guards an area near the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper <em>Charlie Hebdo,</em> where two people were wounded Friday in an attack with a sharp object that one witness described as a hatchet.

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  • Europe

Paris Police Suspect Terrorism In Attack Near Former 'Charlie Hebdo' Offices

An arrest has been made in the incident outside the building where a dozen people were gunned down in 2015 in apparent retaliation for the publication of cartoons that satirized the Prophet Muhammad.

September 25, 2020
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Scott Neuman
Archbishop Franzo King who, with his wife Marina, co-founded the St. John Will-I-Am Coltrane African Orthodox Church, in a portrait shot in Jan. 2020.

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  • Music

Five Decades On, An Eclectic Church Preaches The Message Of John Coltrane

In 1965, two young fans heard the jazz giant play at a San Francisco club and had a religious epiphany. Their church is an idiosyncratic and joyful blend of devotion to the divine — and to jazz.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
<em>Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America,</em> Laila Lalami

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  • Book Reviews

Americans Who Can't Enjoy Full Rights Deemed 'Conditional Citizens' In New Book

In her first non-fiction work, Laila Lalami says these Americans want the country to succeed, but can't avoid the gulf between purported values of equality and the realities of systematic oppression.

September 23, 2020
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  • Aarti Shahani
In this May 28, 1957, photo, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, center, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, left, talk outside the witness room during a bombing trial in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92.

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  • Obituaries

Robert Graetz, Only White Pastor To Back Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies At 92

Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.

September 22, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
GPB News NPR

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  • Media

'Miami Herald' Investigating How Racist Insert Was Distributed In Paper For Months

The Spanish language sibling to the Miami Herald apologized after including an insert filled with anti-Semitic screeds. The publishers of both papers admitted the issue has been going on for months.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
People gather at the Supreme Court on the morning after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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  • Religion

Jewish Americans Grieve Justice Ginsburg As Jewish New Year Begins

When word of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death spread, many Jews were in services, praying from their homes as congregations broadcast over livestream.

September 20, 2020
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  • Sam Gringlas
If elected, Democratic nominee Joe Biden would become only the second Catholic president in American history. Here he prays at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis., on Sept. 3.

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  • Elections

How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics

Joe Biden's Catholic faith, friends and staffers say, is central to how he views the world.

September 20, 2020
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Rabbi Yehonatan Adouar teaches a shofar blowing course in Rambam Synagogue in Ramat Gan, Israel

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  • World

Wanted in Israel: More Shofar Blowers For Socially Distanced Jewish New Year

The shofar is a hallmark of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The pandemic means there will be more and smaller prayer gatherings this year, so some cities have offered free shofar-blowing courses.

September 18, 2020
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  • Daniel Estrin
GPB News NPR

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  • Religion

Rabbis Share How Rosh Hashanah Will Be Affected By COVID-19

The Jewish High Holidays begin tonight with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rabbis share how their sermons will be shaped by this year's events.

September 18, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

How Democrat Joe Biden's Catholic Faith Shaped His Life, Politics

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's faith is central to how he sees the world. How does his Catholicism affect his politcs?

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Father Michael O'Reilly preaches from a third-floor fire escape in a Sacramento alley while indoor worship services are prohibited due to COVID-19 heath restrictions.

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  • Religion

California Catholics Adjust To Outdoor Worship During Pandemic

Houses of worship are becoming more and more creative in how they meet during the coronavirus pandemic. At one congregation in downtown Sacramento, Mass involves a fire escape and an alleyway.

September 12, 2020
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By:
  • Pauline Bartolone
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