Persecutions May 7, 2015 ISIS vs US: Why doesn't Obama understand we are already at war? Tuesday, news broke that the Islamic State issued a “Second Message to America” Internet video in which it claimed it had brutally murdered another American journalist, Steven Sotloff. It’s almost impossible to put into words the horror of it.
Persecutions May 7, 2015 Iran: American pastor Saeed Abedini spends another birthday behind bars Instead of celebrating his birthday with his wife Naghmeh, and their two young children – Jacob and Rebekkah – at their home in Idaho, Pastor Saeed is once again marking another birthday – separated from his family – in a prison cell in Iran.
Persecutions May 7, 2015 Pray for them: Christian persecution at 'biblical proportions' In recent months, stories of Christian persecution have seemed more like pages ripped from the Book of Exodus than modern-day news reports.
Persecutions May 7, 2015 The feast of Stephen: Middle East's persecuted Christians need our help On this Feast of Stephen, spare a thought not only for the leftovers in the fridge, but for the driven, kidnapped, enslaved, raped, tortured and murdered Christians our sloth and scorn have left to a hell on earth.
Europe May 6, 2015 Always Remember, Never Forget: The Holocaust and my grandmother's gift of living memory This week, my grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, travelled from Israel to attend the United Nation’s tenth annual Holocaust Commemoration.
Persecutions May 6, 2015 The forbidden Bible Religious persecution is all too common in many parts of the world. And religious persecution targeting Christians is on the rise.
Judaism May 6, 2015 Holocaust Remembrance Day: 70 years after World War II, Jew-hatred is back in Europe Seventy years after the end of World War II, the first and last documents authored and signed by Adolph Hitler continue to impact on events and the hearts and minds of men.
Judaism May 6, 2015 Holocaust Remembrance Day: My father's legacy and my duty to never forget On Holocaust Remembrance Day, just seven decades after my parents barely survived Europe’s human slaughterhouse, Jews again are common targets – whether in a kosher grocery in Paris, a Jewish museum in Brussels, a tourist resort in Argentina or in graves across Europe.
Europe January 8, 2015 Ghosts in the sun: Hitler’s personal photographer at Dachau, 1950 A series of photographs at the Nazi concentration camp Dachau document a decaying, sunlit place full of bad memories and restless ghosts. See the full gallery at Life.com.