Roots

Roots

Returning to the roots of Jerusalem with a stopover in Greece. As we fly over the Greek coastline, my imagination takes flight to the legend of Icarus, with his makeshift wings, reveling in the boundless happiness of freedom beneath the light and heat of the sun… And...
The Jewish Passover in the Time of Jesus

The Jewish Passover in the Time of Jesus

In the feast of Passover, the salvation of the people of Israel is relived—the people held captive in Egypt—when the destroying angel passed over the houses of the Hebrews and struck down mortally only the firstborn of the Egyptians. According to the official rite...
Absalom! Absalom!

Absalom! Absalom!

William Faulkner borrowed the title of his famous novel from King David’s cry of distress when he learned of the death of his rebellious son Absalom. For several centuries, the collective memory of this biblical passage has crystallized around a funerary...