Atyrau, a majority-Muslim Kazakh city in a Central Asian desert known for its history of Cossack rebellions, doesn’t sound ...

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As a teenager, I once attended a relative’s seder with many children in attendance. The adult discussions and hermeneutical ...

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As caregivers depart from the Sunday Mass, they return to their patients with a renewed spirit, carrying with them a quiet ...

Helen Ready’s 1971 women’s liberation anthem, “I Am Woman Hear Me Roar,” comes to mind when I think of Purim. Remember Esther ...

We had so much in common, and she told me that when we use the word hope, we are getting in the way of God’s plan. It is ok ...

According to its legend, Turin sits at the intersection of two magical triangles —one good, one evil—though its city politics ...