Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

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.

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.

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.’

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.

Where is the Jewish Mister Rogers?

By Jeffrey Salkin — September 23, 2018
All along, Fred Rogers was preaching a special gospel. Or, Torah.

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?'
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