Religion – Page 157 – Prologue Journal

50,000 Jewish worshipers gather for Selichot prayers at Western Wall

Jerusalem Post The Western Wall Heritage Foundation called on worshippers to come early in order to spread out the crowds for safety and welfare purposes. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-758154

Christian embassy chief: ‘Never witnessed such hatred in Israel’

Jerusalem Post Evangelical visa challenges on their way to a solution, International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem says. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-758018

Special: A Shabbat that can rectify the whole year

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757983

Israeli teen finds 1,700-year-old bronze ring in ruins of Greek city

Jerusalem Post An Israeli teenager found an ancient Hellenistic ring while visiting a national park in the Golan Heights. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757958

TAU archaeologists: Extinction of large prey drove evolutionary changes in prehistoric humans

Jerusalem Post The team hypothesized that humans evolved modern traits as an adaptational response to the need to hunt progressively smaller and quicker prey. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757917

High Holiday services are set to return to a Texas synagogue damaged in a 2021 arson

Jerusalem Post In Nov. 2021, then-18-year-old Franklin Barrett Sechriest was arrested on local and federal arson charges for setting fire to the synagogue, a Reform congregation. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-757925

‘Bizarre’ long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists enthralled

Jerusalem Post he question of whether Fujianvenator, with its curious mixture of skeletal features, should be classified as a bird or a dinosaur is still in debate. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757860

Israel unearths ancient Roman swords, javelin stolen by Jewish rebels

Jerusalem Post The weapons cache was most likely hidden by Jewish rebels some 1,900 years ago after being seized from Roman forces. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757779

Were the limestone spheroids of ‘Ubeidiya intentionally designed?

Jerusalem Post Spheroids are either handmade or naturally shaped stones chosen and transported to places where they are used, making them one of the longest-used technologies on record. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757748

Catholic Church to beatify Polish family, including new-born baby, killed by Nazis

Jerusalem Post The family was killed by German military police for sheltering a family of Jews. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-757716