Rampage victims’ funerals begin

Rampage victims’ funerals begin as Trump heads to Pittsburgh
The Associated Press
Pittsburgh synagogue shootings deepen divide in Jewish community over Trump
The Washington Post *
Honoring Pittsburgh synagogue victims, Mike Pence appears with ‘rabbi’ who preaches, ‘Jesus is the Messiah’
The Washington Post *
At a Pittsburgh crime scene, Jewish volunteers guard the ‘bodies of holy martyrs’
The New York Times *
The Monday after at Jewish schools
The Wall Street Journal *
GOP presses ahead in casting Soros as threat amid criticism that attacks are anti-Semitic
The Washington Post *
Jeff Sessions speech interrupted by Methodist, Baptist clergy
Religion News Service
Buffalo diocese says ‘60 Minutes’ report ‘incomplete’
The Associated Press
Muslims are having a Hollywood moment
NPR
 

International Headlines

Pittsburgh killing aftermath bares Jewish rifts in Israel and America
The New York Times *
India’s ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
Reuters
Rohingyas to be repatriated despite UN genocide warning
The Guardian
Druze on Golan Heights protest against Israeli municipal election
Reuters
A Palestinian’s failed bid to become mayor of Jerusalem highlights his community’s challenge
The Washington Post *
Blast kills three Shiite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
Reuters
In the land of Dracula, witches work as ‘life coaches’ of the supernatural
NPR
 

Analysis & Commentary

Lucetta Scaraffia is trying to fight Catholic patriarchy from the inside
The New Yorker *
Trump’s alliance with evangelicals is at the heart of the White House’s anti-transgender push
New York Magazine
Blasphemy bans are struck out in Ireland and reinforced in Austria
The Economist *
The Pittsburgh shooting and the dark, specific logic of online hatred
The New Yorker *
The most visceral moments of my life revolve around this Pittsburgh synagogue. Now it’s a scene of horror for Jewish Americans
The Washington Post *

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