Wednesday's News & Ideas - 2/14/2024
- Fears of antisemitism rise
- Ash Wednesday & Valentine’s
- Catholics working out same-sex blessing
- Peace pilgrimage looks to Gaza
- Christianity without boundaries
- Stunning hot springs
Antisemitism and safety fears surge among US Jews, survey finds
The Associated Press: Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago, according to a new national survey.
Hearts and ashes: 10 ways to celebrate Ash Wednesday on Valentine’s Day
Religion News Service: It’s a marriage of holidays most sorrowful and saccharine.
Catholic Church works to explain what same-sex blessings are and are not
NPR: Pope Francis’ declaration in December allowing for such blessings officially OK’d a practice that some priests have been doing for a long time but more or less as an open secret.
Peace pilgrimage takes up war in Gaza as a civil rights issue
Religion News Service: Many Black Americans view the Palestinian cause in the context of the African American experience of oppression. This has on occasion strained relations with American Jews.
Is a Christianity without boundaries still Christian?
Sojourners: As theologian David Congdon writes in his new book, “Who Is a True Christian?,” the call to “Make America Great Again” has often coincided with a call to “Make Christianity Great Again.”
The Spark
Dipping into the world’s most stunning hot springs
From onsens in Japan to high-altitude pools in Bolivia, the photographer Greta Rybus shares highlights from her search for thermal waters* for The New York Times.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
