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The Sistine ChapelMay 23, 2022Have you ever heard the phrase, “If these walls could talk?” The Sistine Chapel is one place where I think I’d like to hear the ceiling talk, too. The artwork on both the walls and the ceiling o ...
Congregation Beth ElohimMay 16, 2022Did you know that the largest Jewish community in the United States was once located not in New York or Boston, but in Charleston, South Carolina? 1800 Charleston was home to about a fourth of America ...
The Sermon on the MountMay 9, 2022The Sermon on the Mount is the first, the longest, and indisputably the most influential of Jesus’s teaching in the Gospel of Matthew. The story goes like this. Jesus has been teac ...
What Is Havdalah?April 25, 2022A cup of wine or grape juice, a small box of fragrant spices, and a braided candle: these are the three symbolic objects used in Havdalah, the Jewish ritual marking the end of Shabbat, or ...
PassoverApril 18, 2022Every spring, Jewish families around the world face a particular challenge: ridding their homes of everything that might contain leaven, such as yeast. It’s hard work. Parents and children se ...
The Seven-Day WeekApril 4, 2022We all know a year is the length of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun. We know a day is a full rotation of the planet. But what about the week? The seven-day week is the international ...
Flannery O'ConnorMarch 28, 2022Close your eyes. Visualize a man waving around a pistol and quoting the Bible. It's not a Quentin Tarantino movie. It’s the world of renowned Catholic author Flannery O’Connor, who set her w ...
Anne HutchinsonMarch 14, 2022The name most commonly associated with the founding of America’s oldest university is John Harvard. But credit also belongs to Anne Hutchinson, a courageous and controversial figure who has been cal ...
Henry Ossawa TannerFebruary 21, 2022In 1906 the paintingThe Two Disciples at the Tomb won a $500 prize at a Chicago art competition. A journalist wrote: “The picture shows the faces of Peter and John before the tomb of the Savior with ...
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