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Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop called on Board of Education Trustee Joan Terrell-Paige to resign after she appeared to defend the deadly shooting at a Jewish market. huffp.st/yECikh6
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America’s largest Jewish denomination has passed a resolution supporting the need to make reparations for slavery. huffp.st/IcnSE8r
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Hasidic Jews are easily identifiable as Jewish and, as a result, become targets for those who harbor anti-Semitic views. huffp.st/oVQkAdJ
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These are the victims of the shooting in Jersey City this week. huffp.st/NTEwBAH
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Pope Francis’ personal almsgiver has returned to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos with 33 refugees. huffp.st/x0VDdX0
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Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone following widespread criticism from his staff, priests and the public over how he handled allegations of clergy sexual misconduct. huffp.st/vrZcqX7
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A British Muslim woman says her her own experiences with discrimination inspired her to defend a Jewish family facing an anti-Semitic rant on London’s subway system. huffp.st/6PMa6DN
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"We will be judged on this," the pope says of nuclear destruction and weaponry. huffp.st/Tt2Wf3w
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Two men from Mississippi said that Catholic church officials made them sign settlements, which paid little money, in order to silence them about alleged abuse they endured as boys. huffp.st/vggZlse
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A grieving mom is suing the Archdiocese of Detroit for the emotional distress she says she endured after a priest preached about the immorality of suicide during her son's funeral. huffp.st/6A33Fhd
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A federal judge has ruled that “vanity plates” are private speech protected by the First Amendment huffp.st/TelUmUf
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A bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo has himself been accused of sexually abusing a child. huffp.st/Lpnb3eY
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Archbishop José Gómez, an immigrant from Mexico, is the first Hispanic man to head the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. huffp.st/VrJsXX9
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Omaha police: About 75 headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery huffp.st/b2s7EmO
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After watching his mother and brothers die in an ambush, a 13-year-old boy walked about 14 miles through a remote area of northern Mexico searching for help. huffp.st/i2v8J32
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Former megachurch pastor Josh Harris told "Axios on HBO" that he "excommunicated" himself from Christianity earlier this year because he ruined lives while serving as one of the country's most well-known evangelical leaders. huffp.st/JXuZV00
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An assembly of Catholic bishops from the Amazon has recommended that married men in the remote region be allowed to be ordained priests. Pope Francis will now consider the bishops' proposal. huffp.st/PbOFvgB
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One year after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Trump still hasn't acknowledged the suspect's anger toward a Jewish resettlement agency. huffp.st/LCKPRK9
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A virtual remembrance, an overseas concert and community service projects are some of the many events planned to commemorate the Tree of Life synagogue shooting. huffp.st/wSPDWMD
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After surviving the Halle synagogue attack, Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz is still hopeful about the revival of Jewish life in Germany. huffp.st/23J5GQG
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