NEWS STORY
RNS-Frankel-Book: ‘The Survivors’ unmasks the generational trauma of the Holocaust
(RNS) — Holocaust survivors are generally valorized for their courage and held up as exemplars of endurance and grit in the face of unimaginable pain, suffering and loss. Less understood — especially as those survivors die off — are the ways their trauma has reverberated onto their children. Adam Frankel’s new book “The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance and Healing,” explores some of those psychic wounds as they played out in his own personal history. By Yonat Shimron. 1,300 words. (category: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Riess-Oped: I just paid my Mormon tithing. Why don’t I feel better about it?
(RNS) — For Mormons, December is the season of tithing settlement, when members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are expected to sit down with our bishops and “declare” ourselves. I don’t mind being held accountable in my giving, which I view as an important part of a Christian life. But I want the church to be accountable too. By Jana Riess. 1,120 words. (category: k)
