The Conversation
- On Sukkot, the Jewish ‘Festival of Booths,’ each sukkah is as unique as the person who builds it.
- Multicultural Jewish families and Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table.
- GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics.
- Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.
- Despite their emphasis upon tradition, royal ceremonies have always been somewhat fluid and reflective of the politics of their day.
- When the Orion Crew Capsule orbits the Moon there will be no one on board. But the mission will mark a key step in bringing humans back to Earth’s dusty sidekick.
- Survey shows that Ukrainians’ attitudes about a peace settlement and any territorial concessions to the Russians differs depending on their experience of war.
- Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
- Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, preached a sermon on March 6, 2022, in which he suggested the violation of “God’s law” provided divine license for the war against Ukraine.In particular, Kirill pointed to
- Scientists will have a rare opportunity to study how natural collisions pummel and scour planetary surfaces.