Wednesday's News & Ideas - 2/2/2022
- Benefits of online church
- Whoopi Goldberg Holocaust comments
- Robert E. Lee’s anti-racist ancestor
- Funerals for the unknown
- Medieval England’s ‘most important’ Jewish woman
- Handwritten library book’s popularity
Streaming online has been a boon for churches, a godsend for isolated
Religion News Service: There’s been a lot of bad news about churches in recent years. Online church has been one bright spot.
Whoopi Goldberg suspended from The View after saying Holocaust ‘isn’t about race’
The Guardian: The talk show host will not appear on the show for two weeks as network ABC News asks her to ‘take time to reflect and learn.’
Robert E. Lee's descendant proves his lineage and pushes for ‘honest’ history of racism
CNN: Rev. Robert W. Lee felt like his integrity was being challenged when Confederate defenders continued to accuse him of lying about being a distant relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Who handles a funeral for the unknown in Nashville? A new clergy-led initiative aims to fill the void*
The Tennessean: A new clergy-led initiative in Nashville recently launched to give dignified treatment to those who died and can’t be identified or with no family to pay for a burial.
Meet the ‘most important’ Jewish woman in medieval England
Smithsonian Magazine: A new statue honors Licoricia of Winchester, a 13th-century moneylender whose life illuminates the challenges faced by Jews at the time.
Spark
An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist.
Dillon Helbig decided he wanted to share his Christmas adventure with other people. So much, in fact, that he hatched a plan* and waited for just the right moment to pull it off, says The Washington Post.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
