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SAYING GOODBYE TO THE HOLY LAND
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A DAY OF REFLECTION
Daily Dispatches
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Daily Dispatch 7: Saying Goodbye to the Holy Land
JERUSALEM — Before we arrived in the Holy Land, Professor Goldman encouraged us to travel in three capacities: As tourists,…
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Daily Dispatch 6: Exploring Jerusalem on Foot
JERUSALEM — Since Jerusalem’s traffic was temporarily snarled by the city’s fourth annual marathon this morning, our professors opted against…
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Daily Dispatch 5: Journey through Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — After five months of reading and talking about Jerusalem in class, the day had come when we could…
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Daily Dispatch 4: A Day of Reflection
BETHLEHEM — Today began with a visit to the one of the most revered mountaintops in the Holy Land and…
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Daily Dispatch 3: The Voices of a Silent Religion
TIBERIAS — Our third day traveling in Israel in search of religious diversity began and ended with the Druze. We…
NYC Features
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A Baha’i Lesson in a Coffee Shop
It is a cold winter afternoon and the Starbucks coffee shop on Second Avenue and East 13th Street is crowded…
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Finding Respite in Holy Communion
There is magic in the moment of stepping into The Church of the Ascension in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The…
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A Rally in Solidarity: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York City
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and women rallied on Water Street in lower Manhattan on Sunday to protest…
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A Priestly Personality
A small group was already gathered around a banquet table when Father Vasilios Bassakyros descended the creaky stairs to the…
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Witnessing the Bathing of a Deity
In the center of a large open Hindu temple in Queens, New York, a gleaming black statue of Ganesha sits…
Reflections
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Dining-in In Israel
We celebrated shabbat in Jerusalem this evening and had dinner in pairs with several Jewish families. Below are reflections from…
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Dining-in In Palestine
On Wednesday evening, we ate dinner in the homes of several Palestinian host families. Here are recaps on what we…