While the Jewish communities of other cities have moved neighborhoods or migrated to the suburbs in the last century-plus, Squirrel Hill and its environs have remained the home of Pittsburgh’s Jews.
White evangelicals are the sleeping giant of the 2018 midterms
All the policy wins that explain evangelical Christians’ loyalty to Trump.
Reverend presiding over Matthew Shepard service: ‘I’ve carried Matt around in my heart for the last 20 years’
Matthew Shepard has become an international symbol of the violence LGBT people in America face after his death in 1998, when he was savagely beaten and tied to a fence by two men. Now, 20 years after his death, Shepard’s ashes…
The Health Department’s Christian crusade
The religious right has infiltrated the office of Health and Human Services, and reproductive rights are the first target.
Cory Booker could be a candidate for the ‘religious left’
If he does run for president, as many expect, Booker may be one of the first Democratic candidates in decades to actively cultivate support from religious progressives.
The evangelical women who reject Trump
Evangelical women helped Trump get elected. Now some of them are turning against him and his candidates – and could sway the outcome in key elections in November.
South Carolina is lobbying to allow discrimination against Jewish parents
That discrimination would apply not just to Jewish parents, but also to parents who are Muslim, Catholic, Unitarian, atheist, agnostic or other some other non-Protestant Christian denomination.
Josh Harris is kissing ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ goodbye
Joshua Harris, the Christian pastor and author who wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye as a teenager, says he no longer agrees with the book’s central idea.
Bible Museum says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., says five of its most valuable artifacts — once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls — are fake and will not be displayed anymore.