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Sam Yudin of the Jewish American Military Historical Society, left, and Joseph Golden of Temple Beth El in Beckley, W.Va., unveil a sign Monday near Fayetteville marking the 1862 Passover Seder by Union soldiers.

Jewish Soldiers Held a Makeshift Seder in the Middle of the Civil War

Union soldiers improvised a Passover celebration near what's now Fayetteville, W.Va. They're being honored with a sign at the approximate site.
by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on April 5, 2023
Image of a cross combined with a scale to symbolize the connection of religion and justice in today's America.

The Supreme Court Has Ushered In a New Era of Religion at School

For two centuries, America had kept questions of church and state at bay. The country is not ready for the ones to come.
by Adam Laats via The Atlantic on July 15, 2022
Ahsanullah "Bobby" Khan, wearing a t-shirt that says "Deportee."

Return To Little Pakistan: Bobby Khan v. The Police

An immigrant born to working-class activism stands up to an NYPD reborn in the CIA's image.
by Spencer Ackerman via Forever Wars on September 14, 2021
Pure athletic prowess wasn’t really the point—the People’s Olympiad was about cultivating a spirit of equality, in direct contrast to Nazi ideals.

The 'Protest' Olympics That Never Came to Be

A leftist response to the 1936 Games being held in Nazi Germany, the proposed competition was canceled by the Spanish Civil War.
by Sam Harrison via Smithsonian on July 19, 2021
Refutees carrying their possessions prepare to board a truck

Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II

What happened to the last million Eastern Europeans in refugee camps in Germany, who refused to return home, or who had no home to return to.
by David Nasaw via Literary Hub on September 15, 2020
Men and women of Zoar, Ohio, posing in a field with their hay harvest, horses, and equipment.

The Communal, Sometimes Celibate, 19th-Century Ohio Town That Thrived for Three Generations

Zoar's citizens left religious persecution in Germany and created a utopian community on the Erie Canal.
by Kathleen M. Fernandez via What It Means to Be American on December 1, 2019

Religion and the U.S. Census

Did the Census Bureau's practice of collecting data on religious bodies violate the separation of church and state?
by John G. Turner via American Religious Ecologies on October 7, 2019
President Trump and religious leaders praying in the Oval Office
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Today is a National Day of Prayer. Should That be Legal?

How solid is the wall between church and state?
by David B. Gowler via Made By History on May 3, 2018

“This is Not Who We Are,” Critics Say About the Refugee Ban. But What if it is?

Fighting over immigration is central to the American story.
by Nicole Hemmer via Vox on February 9, 2017

We’ve Been Here Before: Historians Annotate and Analyze Immigration Ban's Place in History

Six historians unpack the meaning of President Trump's controversial executive order.
by Angilee Shah via PRI's The World on February 1, 2017

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