January 18, 2022
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Texas officials say all hostages safe, out of Colleyville synagogue; hostage-taker dead Fort Worth Star-Telegram * Rabbi threw chair at gunman before he and other hostages escaped Texas synagogue: ‘It was terrifying’ CBS News Synagogue hostage standoff reveals interfaith progress – as well as entrenched hate The Washington Post * Who is Aafia Siddiqui, the prisoner whom the Colleyville synagogue hostage-taker reportedly wanted to free? Jewish Telegraphic Agency Supreme Court to hear case of high school football coach who lost job after praying on field USA Today * Texas abortion law challenge heads to state’s supreme court, likely adding more delays to case The Texas Tribune Gay rights icon Jim Obergefell will run for Ohio House seat, sources say Cincinnati Enquirer * Christians are going back to church – but maybe not the same one Christianity Today * At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets The Associated Press American secularism is growing – and growing more complicated The Washington Post *
‘Being Jewish and alive shouldn’t be a miracle’: World reacts to Texas synagogue attack The Washington Post * Germany proposes scrapping Nazi-era abortion law Deutsche Welle Sources say Pope Francis met privately twice last year with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla National Catholic Register Norwegian killer Breivik begins parole hearing with Nazi salute Reuters * French far-right presidential candidate Zemmour convicted for racist hate speech Agence France-Presse In India, militant Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand arrested in two cases, sent to 14-day judicial custody The Wire Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank The Associated Press
Being Jewish today means training for active shooters The New York Times * Anti-Semitism and double standards: Politicians should disavow Islamists and White nationalists in equal measure The Wall Street Journal * Being Jewish in an unraveling America Common Sense Jews and Muslims can walk a common path. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how Jewish Telegraphic Agency In this case, the Constitution requires a city to display a religious flag The Washington Post * Should a religious flag fly over a government building? The Wall Street Journal * Praying for a victory: Packed Supreme Court takes up yet another Christian nationalist cause Religion Dispatches
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