Members of the Oyneg Shabes wanted to write their own history, a Jewish history, in stark contrast to Nazi Germany’s propaganda.
Emma Winters
Emma Winters is a Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., fellow at America.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic agencies attempt to fill social service holes created by government shutdown
“We will just do what we need to do to help people in need,” said Antonio Fernandez, C.E.O. of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
An (incomplete) spiritual guide to running
Sagal knows what it is to run away from problems, to need to be needed, and how much can be achieved through stubborn persistence.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Lessons from Notre Dame’s Father Hesburgh for a divided country
The new documentary ‘Hesburgh’ highlights stories of bridge building by the legendary university president
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Instagram poets make me ask: What is good poetry?
Often Instagram poets want to tell the lesson in their writing rather than simply show the reader through sights, sounds, smells, touches and tastes of their lives and stories.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
“The Hate U Give” confronts racial tensions while avoiding despair
The film cuts through that numbness, painting a mural of human emotion where media portrayals of violence offer only a drop of splattered paint.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
It’s official: Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe is now a ‘Servant of God’
Men and women for others “are persons who cannot conceive of love of God without love of neighbor,” Father Arrupe once said. “Theirs is an efficacious love that has justice as its first requirement.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Running a marathon with a sprained ankle and a shaken faith
At first, I blamed God for my injury. Then I thanked God for every step.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Great poetry that makes no sense: America’s 2018 Poetry Roundup
And reading poetry, like the books in our 2018 poetry review, can be a great way to not make perfect sense of a thing, but to just be with a thing.
Posted inFaith, News
Birth of a new Ukrainian church brings fears of violence
A dozen men organized round-the-clock guard duty, worried that nationalist radicals might make their third attempt in a year to seize the place of worship.