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A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel ..read more
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Nearly two years after the shocking knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same ..read more
London police apologize after threatening to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man near pro-Palestinian protest
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London’s police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because his presence risked provoking the demonstrators ..read more
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Contemporary Christian singer Mandisa, who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album “Overcomer,” has died. She was 47 ..read more
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Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year. It commemorates the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible ..read more
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A group of Washington area first graders had no time to waste — they had matzo to make. The students from Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital had just 18 minutes to prep and cook the cracker-like, unleavened Passover staple ..read more
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Lama Rod Owens describes himself as a Black Buddhist Southern Queen. The Harvard Divinity school-educated lama and yoga teacher blends his training in Tibetan Buddhism with experiences from his life as a Black, queer man ..read more
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A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has been charged with a hate crime ..read more
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Russia’s Investigative Committee says a court has sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the woods of northern Russia and murdering them in what were described as satanic rituals ..read more
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The Vatican has issued a new document rejecting the concept of changing one’s biological sex. It’s a setback for transgender people who had hoped Pope Francis might be setting the stage for a more welcoming approach from the Catholic Church ..read more