A new law was passed in Denmark's parliament on Thursday that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country, after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries.
Speaking at the lighting ceremony of a massive menorah in front of the White House to mark the first night of Hanukkah, Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, said Thursday that American Jews are "feeling alone" and "in pain" as he denounced rising antisemitism in the U.S. and abroad, particularly amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Most Americans regard themselves as being spiritual, but almost one-quarter of them say that has nothing to do with religion, a new Pew Research Center survey shows.