
Michelle Boorstein
Religion Reporter at The Washington Post
I cover religion (and other words for meaning-making) for The Washington Post. I like to share stuff on religion and journalism
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bostonglobe.com | Dustin Nelson |Annie Gowen |Michelle Boorstein
SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — Vance Boelter grew up in a sports-loving Lutheran family in a small Minnesota town where nobody locked their doors - a background that gave little hint of the zealotry to come or the deadly violence of which he is now accused. At 17, he had a religious conversion. As he recalled decades later during a passionate sermon overseas, what happened next shook his life.
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detroitnews.com | Dustin Nelson |Annie Gowen |Jonathan O'Connell |Michelle Boorstein
NATIONDustin Nelson, Annie Gowen, Jonathan O'Connell and Michelle BoorsteinThe Washington PostView Comments Sleepy Eye, Minn. — Vance Boelter grew up in a sports-loving Lutheran family in a small Minnesota town where nobody locked their doors — a background that gave little hint of the zealotry to come or the deadly violence of which he is now accused. At 17, he had a religious conversion. As he recalled decades later during a passionate sermon overseas, what happened next shook his life.
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washingtonpost.com | Dustin Nelson |Annie Gowen |Jonathan O'Connell |Michelle Boorstein
Minnesota shooting suspect went from youthful evangelizer to far-right zealot (washingtonpost.com) Minnesota shooting suspect went from youthful evangelizer to far-right zealot By Dustin Nelson; Annie Gowen; Jonathan O'Connell; Michelle Boorstein 2025061710000000 SLEEPY EYE, Minn.
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buff.ly | Dustin Nelson |Annie Gowen |Jonathan O'Connell |Michelle Boorstein
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2 weeks ago |
post-gazette.com | Michelle Boorstein |Ben Brasch
Until recently, many attacks on U.S. Jews have stemmed from long-standing conspiracies and antisemitic tropes, but since Oct. 7, 2023 — when Hamas attacked Israel, setting off the ongoing Israel-Gaza war — such incidents are increasingly related to Israel or Zionism. Attacks against the Jewish community have been growing for years, but increasingly, perpetrators are citing Israel’s war in Gaza, blurring the line between opposing the Israeli government and opposing Jewish people.
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