Fred Rogers
Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his ‘deep spiritual resonance’
By Kathryn Post — May 30, 2023
(RNS) — Mister Rogers' Neighborhood could again become a household fixture, this time in the form of a Lego set.
Can the Southern Baptist Convention be saved?
By Karen Swallow Prior — June 24, 2022
(RNS) — ‘Look for the helpers,’ said Mister Rogers, but right now in the SBC we need to look for the humble.
The worst day in American Jewish history
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 27, 2021
(RNS) — Eleven people died the day of the Tree of Life shooting. They died the death of the righteous. They died as kedoshim, as martyrs.
Joanne Rogers, widow of ‘Mr. Rogers,’ dead at age 92
By Adelle M. Banks — January 14, 2021
(RNS) — The longtime partner of Fred Rogers continued aiding organizations in Pittsburgh — where her husband’s program was produced — as recently as last year.
Was Mister Rogers the messiah?
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 27, 2019
(RNS) — Why the explosion of Fred Rogers-mania? Because the children's TV host is the antithesis of everything in this country today.
Joanne Rogers: On her husband Fred Rogers’ commitment to prayer, church, children
By Adelle M. Banks — November 15, 2019
(RNS) — ‘He did that every morning,’ Joanne Rogers recalled of his practice of praying for people by name. ‘And he had a legal pad with all the names on it that he wanted to remember.’
Progressives: Let’s leave room for others to make progress
By Nick LaParra — October 21, 2019
(RNS) — There is a colossal lack of humility among progressive Christians. We have a tendency to attack the other side and our own with the same level of vitriol and vengeance. It's not helping our cause.
Mister Rogers’ Jewish neighborhood
By Menachem Wecker — May 23, 2019
(RNS) — A new exhibit of photos of Fred Rogers is on display at the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center, in the neighborhood where he made his home.
What would Fred Rogers have thought about Ford v. Kavanaugh?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 28, 2018
What would Fred Rogers have made of yesterday?
Has American Judaism jumped the shark?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 27, 2018
God is not done with American Judaism yet.
Where is the Jewish Mister Rogers?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 23, 2018
All along, Fred Rogers was preaching a special gospel. Or, Torah.
Watch these movies before Yom Kippur!
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 5, 2018
How to prepare yourself -- spiritually and cinematically -- for the High Holy Days. Jeff goes all film critic on you.
The surprising success of ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 14, 2018
(RNS) — Perhaps more surprising than the film's success is the quiet presence of Fred Rogers’ faith in the documentary 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'
Aftermath wisdom from Mister Rogers: ‘Look for the helpers’
By Jana Riess — November 9, 2016
(RNS) In times of disaster, take the advice of Mister Rogers. Look for the helpers.
10 years later, Mister Rogers is still making neighbors
By Beth Kissileff — June 13, 2013
(RNS) Pittsburgh Theological Seminary devoted its summer leadership conference to insights from the life and work of Fred Rogers, whose popular television show cultivated virtues such as neighborliness.
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