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2019-10-31T11:42:18-04:00

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Day of the Dead: From Aztec Goddess Worship to Modern Mexican Celebration

Last updated on: October 31, 2019 at 11:42 am By The Conversation

Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed, with nationwide festivities and a massive parade in Mexico City. It can be traced back to the native peoples of central and southern Mexico, and Mictecacihuatl, Aztec goddess of death. Read more

2019-10-21T11:44:44-04:00

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Universal Ethical Truths Are at the Core of Jewish High Holy Days

Last updated on: October 21, 2019 at 11:44 am By The Conversation

In the Jewish High Holy Days are a time, tradition tells us, God writes down the names of the wicked in the Book of Death. One can avert being inscribed in the “Book of Death” by means of repentance, prayer and charity. True repentance, though, requires making amends to those we have sinned against or mistreated. Read more

2019-09-23T10:16:09-04:00

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Today’s Diverse American Muslim Population First Arrived 400 Years Ago as Part of the Slave Trade

Last updated on: September 23, 2019 at 10:16 am By The Conversation

Some of the earliest American arrivals were Muslims forcibly transported as slaves. Blues music, a quintessential American cultural form, has Muslim influences, says historian Sylviane Diouf: famous blues song “Levee Call Holler” has a style and melody from the Muslim call to prayer, the “adhan.” Read more

2019-09-10T17:00:26-04:00

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How the Pain of 9/11 Still Stays With a Generation

Last updated on: September 10, 2019 at 5:00 pm By The Conversation

The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were designed to instill panic and fear. The vast majority of Americans have watched them replayed over and over again. How has this event impacted those individuals who are too young to remember a world before 9/11? Read more

2019-08-28T16:40:05-04:00

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Why Trump’s Tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Go Into the Heart of American Jewish Politics

Last updated on: August 28, 2019 at 4:40 pm By The Conversation

President Trump said "Jewish people that vote for a Democrat" show "great disloyalty," presumably to Israel. Since the 70s, Israelism has mapped American Jews' relationships with Israel along the emerging liberal/conservative divide. Read more

2019-08-24T17:59:02-04:00

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Catholic Church Sex Abuse: The Difference a Pennsylvania Grand Jury Made in Lives of Survivors

Last updated on: August 24, 2019 at 5:59 pm By The Conversation

Even though there were only a few convictions in Pennsylvania, the release of the grand jury report naming 300 sexually abusive Roman Catholic priests in the state was a watershed moment for survivors. It opened up space for new conversations and helped communities come to terms with the horror of their past. Read more

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2019-08-08T13:49:10-04:00

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Everything in Mecca Gets 5 Stars — Online Reviews of Holy Sites Are Wildly Inflated

Last updated on: August 8, 2019 at 1:49 pm By The Conversation

For the millions of Muslims planning to gather in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 9 for the hajj, online reviews may be misleading. Ratings for holy sites primarily reflect the contributor’s spiritual experience—not mundane, practical details like the crowds, the weather or souvenir sellers. Read more

2019-08-05T14:03:37-04:00

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More Central American Migrants Take Shelter in Churches, Recalling 1980s Sanctuary Movement

Last updated on: August 5, 2019 at 2:03 pm By The Conversation

To avoid arrest, thousands of Central Americans have taken shelter in churches, echoing the 1980s sanctuary movement involving migrants fleeing civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, denied political asylum by the Reagan Administration. Read more

2019-08-05T13:51:42-04:00

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The Hajj: A Muslim Spiritual Pilgrimage With Political Overtones

Last updated on: August 5, 2019 at 1:51 pm By The Conversation

The hajj is any individual Muslim’s single most symbolic ritual act that reflects the ideal of unity—performing the same rituals in the same places can connect Muslims across national and class boundaries, but only when politics do not divide them. Read more

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2019-08-12T20:57:07-04:00

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If Germany Atoned for the Holocaust, the U.S. Can Pay Reparations for Slavery

Last updated on: August 12, 2019 at 8:57 pm By The Conversation

Calls for reparations in the U.S. are generally met with skepticism, but South Africa paid victims of apartheid. The U.S. paid 82,000 Japanese Americans. Germany paid $4.9 billion to 1.7 million forced into slave labor by the Nazis, or their descendants. Read more

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