Indeed, don’t be surprised if you find a beautiful custom shotaijo (invitation) to a friend or colleague’s wedding in your mailbox someday. While a modern Japanese wedding has a lot in common with its ...
The Orthodox Anglican Church of Ghana, has commended John Dramani Mahama, the President -elect for offering himself to the service of Ghana the second time. “We are very confident of your competence, ...
This was an internal Jewish civil war, a culture war and a class war — similar to what America is enduring today. The modern sociological term is “assimilation,” and that accurately ...
In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century B.C.E. after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from ...
Unfortunately, modern Orthodox theology is full of such dead-ends. Since the late 19th century, the rapidly changing conditions of modern life have occasioned a series of paradigm changes in Orthodox ...
However, many liturgical differences were not resolved until the 11th century. It is a time for penance, reflection, fasting, and prayer. Greek Orthodox Christians worldwide observe a pre-Christmas ...
In the article, she described how Spiegel grew up in a Jewish family in Greenwich Village, N.Y., where his father ran a laundry. 'Fireside' Al Maitland reads Frederick Forsyth's The Shepherd ...