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Need to know: Thursday, July 7, 2016
That anti-Semitic Star of David tweet? ‘It’s just a star!’ Trump insists
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee doubles down on controversy, saying those who saw Jewish stereotypes in the tweet are “racially profiling.”
The ‘Splainer: What is the Star of David and what does it mean for Jews?
The symbol is newer to Judaism than you might think.
Israeli rabbinical court questions authority of US rabbi who converted Ivanka Trump
Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court has refused to recognize the authority of one of the most prominent Orthodox rabbis in the U.S. – the same rabbi who converted Donald Trump’s daughter to Judaism.
Bangladesh restaurant shooters prayed, ate and awaited their fate as martyrs
The militants took time to offer a morning prayer and eat a meal after shooting dead 20 people and then hacking their bodies with machetes.
Archbishop of Canterbury to open home to Syrian refugee family next month
The welcoming of a refugee family onto the Anglican leader’s estate comes 11 months after Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to offer asylum to 20,000 Syrians.
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Obama laments Ramadan attacks on Muslims in US and abroad
(RNS) In a message for Eid-al-Fitr, the president lamented the terror attacks around the world in recent weeks and warned against anti-Muslim incidents in the U.S. after the Orlando massacre.
Pope Francis prays with parents of US student killed in Rome
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff met with the grieving parents of Beau Solomon, 19, who apparently drowned after being pushed into the Tiber River during an early-morning altercation with a homeless man.
Pope accepts resignation of Brazilian bishop in sex abuse case
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Francis had accepted the resignation of Bishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto of Paraiba, 66, citing a section of church law under which bishops are obliged to tender their resignation if they are ill or if there is "grave cause."
More views from RNS
How ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ made American religion real
For 42 years, Garrison Keillor brought a slice of Americana into our homes and cars through his popular radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Trump’s theology: More Peale than Nietzsche
The religious thinker Trump actually has read, whose sermons he listened to as a boy and who officiated his first marriage, is Norman Vincent Peale.
What Elie Wiesel meant to me
A personal tribute to the leading voice of Holocaust remembrance in the United States.
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