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Christianity
Archbishop Justin Welby holds the Church responsible for anti-semitism being “entrenched” in UK Culture. The problem of rising anti-Semitism has now been recognized in the UK.…
Issues
Anti-Defamation League deems Pepe the Frog meme an anti-Semitic hate symbol. The fight against anti-Semitism has now resulted in “Pepe the Frog” being declared a hate…
Judaism
The Anti-Defamation League has created a new role which will be entirely devoted to investigating and curbing Anti-Semitic rhetoric. The rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric over social…
Judaism
Jewish artist twists anti-Semitic vandalism into a gorgeous neighborhood project of love and compassion. A Philadelphia-area artist took what was meant as a hateful act of…
Islam
Trump outlined a new proposal for an ideological screening test for “extreme vetting.” The 2016 Republican nominee for President of the U.S., Donald Trump presented a…
Judaism
Jews of Iquitos strive to keep their community alive in Peru. A small-scale cultural and spiritual revival is happening in the city of Iquitos with the…
Agnosticism
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs The Yarovaya Law, A Law That Violates Religious Freedom. On July 7, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the “Yarovaya laws,”…
Christianity
Evangelical Franklin Graham ripped Rep. Hank Johnson’s comment of Jews resembling “termites.” A Georgia congressman referred to Jewish settlers as “termites,” and the Rev. Franklin Graham…
Celebrity
Father of fallen hero Capt. Humayun Khan denounces Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim comments. It was a very moving moment at the Democratic National Convention when Khizr Khan,…
Christianity
Mormon missionaries remain in Russia despite new restrictions. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently signed an anti-terrorism legislation, known in the country as the “Yarovaya law.” It…
Judaism
The 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel was laid to rest at a Manhattan synagogue. Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born American Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor, and…
Issues
Controversial Mississippi anti-LGBT religious law blocked by Judge House Bill 1523, a 2016 Mississippi law protecting the beliefs that, (i) a marriage is a union between…