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Need to know: Monday, June 26, 2017
Stemming the tide of hatred with kindness, and finding ‘life itself’
Kindness, experts say, requires intentional behavior and can have beneficial results for both the giver and recipient of a benevolent act.
Israeli government suspends mixed-prayer plan at the Western Wall
The move is likely to improve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s relations with ultra-Orthodox parties in his ruling coalition.
U.S. bishops say Senate health care bill will ‘wreak havoc’ on families
The Senate proposal could “wreak havoc on low-income families and struggling communities, and must not be supported,” the bishops said in a statement.
Gay Pride marchers carrying Star of David flags kicked out of Chicago parade
Three people carrying Jewish Pride flags were asked to leave a march in part because they “repeatedly expressed support for Zionism,” according to organizers.
‘Dalya’s Other Country’ portrays Muslim American mother and daughter
A new film follows a teenage Syrian girl as she becomes the only Muslim in an all-girls Catholic school in Los Angeles and her mother, whose marriage dissolves.
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US top court set to rule on religious rights; travel ban looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The ruling in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer potentially could narrow the separation of church and state.
Bomber planning to attack Mecca’s Grand Mosque blows himself up
DUBAI (Reuters) The interior ministry said that three cells had planned the attack on worshippers and security forces at the mosque as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan nears its climax.
Man charged with terrorism-related murder in London van attack
LONDON (Reuters) Darren Osborne, 47, is accused of plowing the rented vehicle into the group of worshippers in Finsbury Park in the early hours of Monday morning.
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My visit to the land of teenagers
What David Gushee learned from a week at the beach with his church’s youth group.
What the Six-Day War meant for Jews and Christians
Those who fail to recognize the war’s impact on the two faiths “will fail at any peace effort,” says A. James Rudin.
How cultural appropriation became good for the Jews
Without cultural appropriation, Judaism “could not exist,” says Jeffrey Salkin.
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