This year, our Jewish and Muslim sisters and brothers are celebrating big holidays at the same time. Sweet New Year wishes to Jews just wrapping up the two days of Rosh Hashanah (“head of the year” in Hebrew) and embarking on the days of instrospection and repentance before the fast of Yom Kippur (Sept 27-28). …
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, Inglourious Basterds, was informed in part by taking part in a seder at Philip Roth’s house. The Passover seder is a religious practice of remembrance commanded by none other than God in the Bible to commemorate God’s liberating the Hebrew people from Egypt in order that they could be free to be servants of God. With …
Today is the Christian festival of Pentecost, and I’ve been working on what looks like it’ll be the final chapter in my Bible Babel book. The several different names for God that show up in the Bible — that’s what the chapter’s about. Although one could argue whether or not it belongs, I include the Spirit — Holy …
