The Associated Church Press recognized the 2022 journalism of Global Sisters Report with seven awards related to convention coverage and the war in Ukraine.
While visiting the memorial museum at Theresienstadt, I stood in front of a wall bearing names of child victims who were deported from the ghetto to death camps. There, I saw the name Jiří Herlinger. He was 8 years old.
GSR Today - During my assignment in Ukraine, war was evident. Damage to towns and survivors' sober observations framed our time there. Yet reminders of war were almost always offset by the Ukrainians' resolve and humanity.
After antisemitic threats to public officials, five Michigan congregations express "support and prayers for you and your families and for all our Jewish sisters and brothers facing such hate-filled violence."
A year of war has transformed Ukraine into one big conflict zone. The new reality is one of displacement, confusion, loss and death. Yet Ukrainians and religious based in the country speak of renewed unity and hope.