Psalms
PSALMS are ancient Hebrew songs addressed to or invoking the deity; the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament in the Christian scriptures, includes a book of 150 of these religious songs. In ancie...
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If it had not been for an acoustic set captured on a Sony tape recorder at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1986, then the musical world might not have had Michelle Shocked — and that would hav...
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A handwritten card containing a Bible verse that Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin used during a lunar Holy Communion service is up for sale Thursday at a space-related auction.Aldrin, the second man...
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She wasn't wrong.
Hopefully she wasn't hypoglycemic: the drink of choice was sugary champagne, imbibed through straws. "It's awful. Frown!" said a woman before her second sip.
They were crushed i...
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Hundreds of cheering gay activists marched through downtown Jerusalem on Thursday, while ultra-Orthodox Jews held a counterdemonstration across the city, burning tires and chanting psalms.With poli...
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This year’s Fall for Dance Festival follows the pattern of last year’s, which was the first: At each of six performances, five different companies present a single work. Six performance...
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A sacred Jewish prayer read beneath the sculpted saints of Notre Dame Cathedral opened funeral proceedings Friday for Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, archbishop of Paris, who was born Jewish and conv...
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Cannes, France (dpa) - Tehilim by French-born director Raphael
Nadjari, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Sunday, is a
movie about a family dealing with a loss.
...
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Cologne, Germany (dpa) - Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the archbishop
of Cologne, has triggered a storm in Germany by using the word
"degenerate" to describe irreligious art.
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French mime Marcel Marceau was buried in a simple ceremony Wednesday, with the trademarks of his best-known character, Bip _ a floppy top hat with a red flower _ resting near his flag-draped coffin...
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Vezelay, France (dpa) - This unique French town with its
Romanesque architecture and famous basilica is not only a traditional
starting point of pilgrims walking the St Jame...
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Psalms
Michelle Shocked
