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Wednesday's News & Ideas - 10/18/2023

  • Rocket attack on hospital in Gaza
  • Antisemitism, Islamophobia & abuse
  • CA caste bill vetoed
  • Netflix’s ‘Devil on Trial’
  • Palestinian American Christians
  • The Osage murders

Canterbury mourns ‘appalling’ loss after Anglican hospital hit in Gaza
Religion News Service: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke as news emerged of a deadly rocket attack on al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, run by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.
The Associated Press: No place is safe in Gaza after Israel targets areas where civilians seek refuge, Palestinians say

How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
The Conversation: Jews and Muslims both experience prejudice, making them hesitant to draw attention to something negative that others could weaponize.

As caste bill meets defeat, Hindu Americans on both sides make their voices heard*
The Washington Post: Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill intended to outlaw discrimination on the basis of ancestry by adding “caste” to the list of protected categories under California’s civil rights laws.

‘Something went on in that house’: Did the devil drive a teen to murder?
The Guardian: A Netflix documentary recounts the 1980s trial of a 19-year-old murder suspect who claimed demonic possession.

‘I’m a Palestinian American Christian, and I don’t hear my story in any of the narratives’
Baptist News Global: This current horrific and deadly confrontation between Israel’s powerful military and Palestinian resistance is a vivid example of reality versus propaganda.

The Spark

The horrifying, nearly forgotten history behind “Killers of the Flower Moon”
A century later, we still don’t know the full, stomach-churning extent of the Osage murders, Vox says.

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