A Boston police report reveals new details about a mass shooting Saturday that occurred against the backdrop of the city’s annual Caribbean Carnival celebration. In all, 8 people were shot, according to the police report, and four were arrested as a result of the investigation into the shooting. Two more people were arrested and […]
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Click to expand Image Rabbi Brant Rosen speaking at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Illinois on August 16, 2023. 2023 Victoria Strang/Human Rights Watch At a gathering of 7,000 people of faith last week in Chicago, an important discussion took place on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians. The panel "Human Rights and the Crime of Apartheid in Israel/Palestine," hosted by the Global Ministries Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ and Human Rights Watch, occurred at the Parliament of the World's Religions, one of the world's largest assemblies for interfaith discourse. The parliament met this year under the theme of "A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom and Human Rights." During the gathering, which brought together faith leaders from around the globe, Christians, Muslims, and Jews spoke about the lived reality of Palestinians and the importance of using a human rights framework to address th