Monday's News & Ideas - 12/2/2024
- Pictures of new Notre Dame
- Jakes files lawsuit
- Most fulfilling jobs
- Energy to protest Trump
- Oldest synagogue in America
- Exiled Palestinian poet
In pictures: First look at Notre Dame’s breathtaking restoration five years after fire
CNN: Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilized for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros.
T.D. Jakes files suit after medical incident, accusing minister of false abuse claims
Religion News Service: The lawsuit makes a direct link between Jakes’ medical state and Duane Youngblood’s allegations, which Jakes’ suit calls “false and defamatory.”
These are the most fulfilling jobs in America*
The Washington Post: When we looked at new data on which jobs give you the most pride or satisfaction, or serve the community best, religious work took the top spot in every category.
‘People feel drained’: Anti-Trump Americans face temptation to tune out
The Guardian: The president-elect’s first term brought a wave of protest. This time, some are struggling to find energy to resist.
The little-known story behind the oldest surviving synagogue in America*
Smithsonian Magazine: Through revolution and war, Touro Synagogue, which opened in Newport, Rhode Island, on this day in 1763, has long been a beacon for religious tolerance on the coast of New England.
The Spark
The exiled Palestinian poet fighting censorship in democracies
Ghayath Almadhoun had a poetry event in Berlin canceled* because he’s Palestinian. At least 200 more artists have been silenced over Palestine in Germany since, The Nation says.
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