Jerome Socolovsky
Jerome Socolovsky is an author at Religion News Service.
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Massacre of Rohingya Muslims and mass graves in Myanmar
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 1, 2018
BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar's western Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a long-persecuted ethnic Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country.
Polish Senate backs controversial Holocaust speech law
By Jerome Socolovsky — February 1, 2018
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The bill has already sparked a diplomatic dispute with Israel and drawn calls from the United States for a reconsideration.
Iran sentences American art dealer, wife to prison
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 31, 2018
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A New York-based rights group alleges their Zoroastrian faith and Western ties made them the target of hard-liners.
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in custody in France amid rape claims
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 31, 2018
PARIS (AP) — Le Monde and Le Parisien newspapers reported last year that two women recently filed complaints in France against Ramadan for an alleged rape in 2009 and an assault in 2012.
Pope denounces Holocaust ‘indifference’ amid Polish uproar
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 29, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Poland, which is largely Roman Catholic, is considering legislation that would outlaw blaming Poles for the crimes of the Holocaust.
The unveiling of Christian nationalism
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 26, 2018
(RNS) — Mike Pence and his evangelical supporters are quick to condemn any explicit statement of racism or white supremacy. But they have blessed and pray daily for the chief policy aim of white nationalists: the border wall and harsh immigration enforcement.
The moral and national danger of a president’s cursing
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 22, 2018
(RNS) — When a president writes off whole nations as 'shitholes,' he is not simply using salty language. He is using the most powerful government in the world to enforce discrimination and inequality. And every political leader who supports him is, biblically speaking, cursing this nation.
Guam archbishop faces new sexual assault allegation
By Jerome Socolovsky — January 10, 2018
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Archbishop Anthony Apuron already faces multiple allegations of sexual abuse of altar boys in the 1970s.
2017: In a less religious America, conservative Christians got the president’s ear, a museum and a day in court
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 29, 2017
(RNS) — President Trump’s born-again-like embrace of evangelical politics was the biggest religion story of the year, but a shooting at a Texas church, a wedding cake that a Christian baker refused to make and the status of Jerusalem also grabbed headlines.
Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan, killing 9
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 17, 2017
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of worshippers were attending services ahead of Christmas when the bombers appeared in the city of Quetta and clashed with security forces.
2017: In a less religious America, conservative Christians got the president’s ear, a museum and a day in court
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — President Trump’s born-again-like embrace of evangelical politics was the biggest religion story of the year, but a shooting at a Texas church, a wedding cake that a Christian baker refused to make and the status of Jerusalem also grabbed headlines.
Church-politics provision removed from tax bill
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 15, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator taking part in talks on the GOP tax package says a provision allowing churches to endorse political candidates and still keep their tax-free status won't be in the final bill.
Coroner: Accused state lawmaker’s death is apparent suicide
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 14, 2017
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky and the pastor of Heart of Fire church in Louisville, had defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home.
Accused NYC attacker followed radical preacher
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 13, 2017
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Moulana Jasimuddin Rahmani is the currently imprisoned leader of a banned group called Ansarullah Bangla Team, which has been linked to killings and attacks on secular academics and atheist bloggers in Bangladesh.
Comment about Jews by Roy Moore’s wife sparks new ridicule
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 12, 2017
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Speaking at a campaign rally, Kayla Moore declared that 'one of our attorneys is a Jew.' People immediately reacted online, some expressing anger but many others making jokes.
