Boston
New technology allows Holocaust survivors to tell their stories for all time
By Yonat Shimron — January 26, 2023
(RNS) — The technology is providing a way for future generations to interact with a hologram-style likenesses of Holocaust survivors.
Christian flag in speech battle flies, briefly, over Boston
By Mark Pratt — August 3, 2022
BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court case revolved around whether the flag-raisings were an act of the government or private parties.
BDS goes full antisemite
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 12, 2022
(RNS) — Stop worrying if there is a hyphen in antisemitic. This is it.
Satanic Temple follows ‘Judeo-Christian’ group’s SCOTUS win with flag request
By Heather Greene — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — The Satanic Temple's aim is to test whether the city's court-ordered acceptance of flags from religious groups includes a commitment to plurality.
Supreme Court rules against Boston in Christian flag case
By Mark Sherman — May 2, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the city discriminated against the activist, Harold Shurtleff, because of his “religious viewpoint."
Chabad rabbi stabbed outside Boston Jewish day school
By Yonat Shimron — July 2, 2021
(RNS) — Police arrested a suspect in the attack, which appears to bear the hallmarks of similar physical attacks on Hasidic Jews.
Cornel West returns to Union Theological Seminary after Harvard tenure dispute
By Alejandra Molina — March 8, 2021
(RNS) — The move comes after West had threatened to leave Harvard University, which he said denied his request to be considered for tenure.
Catholic schools’ push for in-person learning counters record enrollment drop
By Elizabeth E. Evans — March 2, 2021
(RNS) — While public school districts debate in-person learning, many elementary Catholic schools opened their doors in fall of 2020 and have stayed open.
Faith at the barricades: A weekend of religious protest and prayer in photos
By Religion News Service — June 1, 2020
(RNS) — A look at moments of faith during demonstrations to honor George Floyd and oppose racial injustice this weekend.
Kashmiri Americans organize to put a human face to the crisis in their homeland
By Aysha Khan — August 13, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) – As Kashmir faces a security lockdown and widespread media blackout, U.S. Kashmiris are kicking up a new wave of activism focused on 'azaadi.'
‘Somebody out there wants to hurt us’: Arson in Boston, Chicago rattles local Jews
By Aysha Khan — May 21, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — A rash of fires that police say were intentionally set at Jewish community centers around Boston and in Chicago last week has left Jewish groups feeling vulnerable.
Abolishing the priesthood will not save the Catholic Church
By Thomas Reese — May 21, 2019
(RNS) — In The Atlantic, James Carroll asserts that abolishing the priesthood in the Catholic Church is the only way to defeat the clericalism he blames for the sex abuse crisis. But as in other revolutions, a new cadre would simply replace the old guard.
Cardinal Law, central figure in church abuse scandal, dies
By Rachel Zoll — December 20, 2017
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The disgraced former archbishop of Boston's failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism.
Boston launches poster campaign to combat Islamophobia
By guest — July 19, 2017
(AP) — Titled "What to do if you are witnessing Islamophobic harassment," the posters encourage people to engage with the person who is being targeted and to draw attention away from the harasser.
Massachusetts church vigil ending after 11 years
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 21, 2016
(RNS) Angry their parish would be closed in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, around 100 parishioners took turns sleeping overnight in the church.
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