Religion – Page 151 – Prologue Journal

Mexico uncovers ‘elite’ Mayan palace used to home ancient rulers

Jerusalem Post The discovery marks the first-ever finding of such a structure used for residential purposes in the Mayan site, located in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760334

Yom Kippur candle-lighting times for Israel and US

Jerusalem Post See Yom Kippur times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760335

Yom Kippur: Being open to change

Jerusalem Post “To survive, Israel must always be prepared to defend itself,” writes President Isaac Herzog. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760328

Why is Yom Kippur the happiest day of the year? – opinion

Jerusalem Post Barring an extreme sadomasochist personality, how could knowing one’s life is on the line make this day not only happy – but the happiest day of the year? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760324

Keeping the echo alive: The last of Israel’s traditional shofar makers

Jerusalem Post Shimon Keinan is one of only a handful of people in Israel still making traditional shofars, and his factory receives over 14,000 visitors a year. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-760319

Kol Nidre: A light of Jewish survival for 600 years – opinion

Jerusalem Post For me, descending directly from the generations that had to make vows to another religion in order to survive, Kol Nidre became a beacon of light during a very dark time. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760306

‘Who shall live, who shall die’: Matters of life and death on Yom Kippur

Jerusalem Post We live on a proverbial thread. Who will meet their Maker at their predetermined time? Who, before their appointed time? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760286

Israel is cursed from within, but it could be turned into a blessing – opinion

Jerusalem Post My hope and prayer for this Yom Kippur is that we find a way to turn this curse of disunity into the blessing of unity. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-760288

Rare 3,800-year-old passageway and vault found in northern Israel

Jerusalem Post Archaeologists excavated a corbelled passageway and a large vault built of thousands of unfired mud bricks, the first example of corbelled architecture found in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-760302

Ancient Roman mosaic reveals: Women wore bikinis as early as 1400 BC

Jerusalem Post While many think bikinis are a 20th-century invention, an ancient Sicilian mosaic shows that ancient Roman women wore them during sports. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-759801