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Welcome to the Faithfully Magazine Newsletter edition: January 18, 2025. Click here to learn how to sponsor an edition of this newsletter.
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Spotlight
How the U.S. State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
In early November, a small group of senior U.S. human rights diplomats met with a top official in President Joe Biden’s State Department to make one final, emphatic plea: We must keep our word.
Weeks before, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the administration delivered their most explicit ultimatum yet to Israel, demanding the Israel Defense Forces allow hundreds more trucksloads of food and medicine into Gaza every day — or else. American law and Biden’s own policies prohibit arms sales to countries that restrict humanitarian aid. Israel had 30 days to comply.
In the month that followed, the IDF was accused of roundly defying the U.S., its most important ally. The Israeli military tightened its grip, continued to restrict desperately needed aid trucks and displaced 100,000 Palestinians from North Gaza, humanitarian groups found, exacerbating what was already a dire crisis “to its worst point since the war began.” Read More
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What's New
Op-Analysis: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision Meets Trump’s America
For only the third time in history, the King holiday will coincide with Inauguration Day. It’s a stark reminder of the duality of our democracy and the choices we can make about what to celebrate and who we want to be. Read More
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Abuse and Injury Result From Uneven Rules on Police Taser Use
Last summer, a Mississippi police officer approached Vivian Burks as she sat in her car at a local park reading the Bible. He was cordial at first, offering to help Ms. Burks replace her expired tags with the new ones she had in her car. But the encounter changed quickly after the officer, Blaine Musgrove, said he smelled marijuana and a second Carthage police officer demanded to search the vehicle. Read More
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‘Steal Away’ Movie About Fisk Jubilee Singers Casting Roles That Pay $41K
The studio behind “Steal Away,” inspired by historian Andrew Ward’s account of “the Jubilee Singers who introduced the world to the music of Black America,” is seeking talent to fill several roles in the forthcoming film. Pay ranges from more than $12,000 to nearly $42,000 for the various roles. Read More
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Faith-Based Immigrant Helpers ‘Unclear’ and Uninspired After Meeting With NYC Mayor
More than 100 clergy and other humanitarian directors met Friday with the mayor and his top staff in an hour-long virtual meeting organized by Pastor Gil Monrose, the mayor’s faith advisor, to share multiple concerns ahead of Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Read More
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Free Events
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- Suffering, Wayfaring & Hope: an Online Conversation With Warren Kinghorn and Curt Thompson
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