Author: Lauren Markoe
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Hillel gets record $38 million gift
Hillel staff receive professional development training. Photo courtesy of Hillel International Jonathan Heisler
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Religious groups to Obama: Dismantle immigration registry’s framework
A San Diego Harbor police officer chats with Homeland Security officers while on patrol at Lindbergh Field airport in San Diego, California, on July 1, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Mike Blake © Mike Blake / Reuters
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When voting isn’t enough: 3 prayers for a weary electorate
Supporters pray before U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon, Pennsylvania, on November 6, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Mark Makela © Mark Makela / Reuters
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The irony of the swastikas that defaced the home of a Christian, Indian-American candidate
Peter Jacob. Photo courtesy of Peter Jacob PITTELLI PHOTOGRAPGY
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Smithsonian’s Quran exhibit aims to dazzle the eyes and may soften the heart
A single-volume Quran copied by Abd al-Qadir ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who worked in what is now Iran in the 16th century. The ink, color and gold on paper manuscript is from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul and is now on display at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Photo courtesy of…
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A new Quran attempts to bridge divide between Christians and Muslims
The Quran has been translated into English 212 times since the 17th century – but never like this. Two friends, one Muslim and one Christian, recently have published a Quran for English speakers to help fulfill a sacred shared mission: to show people of the world’s largest and second-largest faith groups how much their holy…
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On Twitter, Jewish journalists targeted by a torrent of anti-Semitism
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as protestors hold up a sign reading “No Place for Hate in Maine” during a campaign rally in Portland, Maine on March 3, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Joel Page © Joel Page / Reuters
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World Relief scrambling to settle more refugees in US
World Relief Seattle receives refugees. Photo courtesy of World Relief © Amanda Wingers Amanda Wingers