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  • Jewish Congregations In Dallas Celebrate Ancient Holiday Of Passover Online

    By: Bill Zeeble – KERA News; keranews.org Passover, one of the most important holidays on the Jewish calendar, it begins Wednesday night. This year, though, things are different, because of COVID-19. Lasting a week, Passover celebrates the ancient Israelites’ escape from Egypt. Generations of family often gather around the large, symbolic Seder meal, sometimes with…

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  • Passing Over Coronavirus this Passover

    By: JPost Editorial – Jerusalem Post; jpost.com This pandemic will pass over us, it will end. We do not know how, but we know that we have been tested before and we have come through. Passover is a unique holiday, with its message of liberation from slavery and the requirement that the Haggadah be recited to…

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  • Record Low Number of Americans Hold Biblical Worldview, Survey Says

    By: Brandon Showalter – The Christian Post; christianpost.com Only 6 percent of Americans possess a biblical worldview, according to a new survey. The study, which was released last week out of the recently launched Cultural Research Center based at Arizona Christian University, is called the American Worldview Inventory and is the first of what will be…

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  • Israel’s Tech Dream Team Is Closing In on Coronavirus Breakthroughs

    By: Udi Etsion – C-Tech/Calcalist; calcalisttech.com Daniel Gold, head of the country’s national emergency team, thinks his cross-industry team of experts can rise to the challenge of Covid-19 It is a horrifying scenario that has already become a reality in some hospitals worldwide: the number of serious or critical coronavirus (Covid-19) cases surpasses that of…

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  • After Ignoring Warnings, Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Hit By Virus

    By: Ariel Schalit and Ilan Ben Zion – AP News; ap.com BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox residents, obeying their religious leaders, ignored pleas to stay home in the face of the coronavirus threat. By Friday, Bnei…

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  • Mayor de Blasio, You Have Overstepped Your Bounds

    By: Michael Brown – The Christian Post; christianpost.com As a religious leader born and raised in New York, I’m appealing to you to reconsider your threats to the synagogues and churches of your city. Your words, sir, were reckless and could actually provoke people of faith to defy you. What on earth prompted you to…

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