
Michele Chabin
Correspondent at National Catholic Register
Correspondent at Religion News Service
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Articles
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1 week ago |
religionnews.com | Michele Chabin
(RNS) — American Jewish communities are rushing to bolster already heightened security around their institutions and businesses after the May 21 killings of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.The attack in Washington “solidifies that we cannot be lax” about security, said Avram Klein, general manager of Seasons, a popular kosher supermarket in Queens, New York.
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2 weeks ago |
religionnews.com | Michele Chabin
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (RNS) — Entering the Nativity Store gift shop, located around the corner from the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, the first thing many visitors notice are its oversized photos of Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis. Soon the family-owned shop, which has been open for 98 years, will add a photo of Pope Leo XIV.
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1 month ago |
timesofisrael.com | Michele Chabin
In the immediate aftermath of Hamas’ October 7, 2023, massacre, Uri Kaufman — an American Jewish lawyer — watched with concern as major NGOs like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations shifted blame from Hamas onto Israel. More troubling to Kaufman was how mainstream media outlets and political figures — including The New York Times and former President Barack Obama — echoed false narratives.
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1 month ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Michele Chabin
JERUSALEM — In December 2024, after Islamic-led rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad’s brutal regime, President-elect Donald Trump gave Israel a rhetorical green light to expand its military reach in Syria. Capitalizing on Syria’s leadership void, the Israel Defense Forces quickly decimated its neighbor’s military infrastructure and widened the buffer zone between the two countries.
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1 month ago |
ncregister.com | Michele Chabin
The Holy Father, who died April 21 on Easter Monday, was recalled as an agent of peace in the war-torn Middle East and beyond. Pope Francis prays during his July 27, 2016, visit to the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. (photo: praszkiewicz/Shutterstock) Vatican April 22, 2025 JERUSALEM — Jews around the world remembered Pope Francis as a friend to the Jewish people, a leader who strongly supported Catholic-Jewish relations and roundly condemned antisemitism.
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