Tuesday's News & Ideas - 3/15/2022

US Jews furiously raise money, send delegations to help Ukraine
Religion News Service: Thousands, if not millions, of American Jews can trace their ancestors back to Ukraine and feel a special connection to the place, even if it brings up a complicated past.

Black Catholics in America
Pew Research Center: Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike white and Hispanic Catholics — and Black Protestants

Why, and how, we form beliefs: A reading list
LitHub: Sarah Krasnostein’s journey through religion and philosophy.

Eastern Orthodox leaders are outspoken on Ukraine war. Except one.*
The New York Times: The Russian Orthodox Church is allied with President Putin. But in New York, some of its members are quietly anguished.

Translation as an act of love*
Christian Century: Carmen Acevedo Butcher is the author of an award-winning translation of the anonymous medieval text “The Cloud of Unknowing” and a forthcoming translation of Brother Lawrence called “Practice of the Presence.”

The Spark

How the Atlanta spa shootings — the victims, the survivors — tell a story of America
The rampage killed eight people, including six Asian women. But the ripple effects* go far, to other countries, continents, and immigrant histories, Vanity Fair says. (trigger warning: graphic description of violence)

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