Monday's News & Ideas - 12/11/2023
- Israel encouraged funding Hamas
- Penn president resigns
- Muslim leaders in swing states
- Police investigate LA priest
- Teaching proper Muslim burial
- Chaucer through the years
‘Buying quiet’: Inside the Israeli plan that propped up Hamas*
The New York Times: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state.
Penn president, board of trustees chair resign after antisemitism hearing
NPR: Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned on Saturday — just days after her congressional testimony on antisemitism drew fierce backlash from students, faculty and donors.
Muslim leaders from swing states vow to drop Biden support in 2024
Religion News Service: Through the #AbandonBiden campaign, Muslim leaders hope to send a strong signal to the Biden administration.
Before removal, Louisiana priest was accused of misconduct by multiple women
The Guardian: A police investigation of Anthony Odiong began on Wednesday after a 2019 complaint to archdiocese spurred little action.
Most funeral homes don't know how to bury Muslims. These women want to change that.
HuffPost: Ida Khalil has washed more than a hundred women. “I used to be afraid of dead people,” she says. “Now I could sleep next to dead people.”
The Spark
Canterbury Tales down the centuries: How each era has reinvented Chaucer
Marion Turner describes the dramatically different ways we have read The Canterbury Tales at Lit Hub.
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