Religion – Page 198 – Prologue Journal

Passover in the shadow of the climate crisis

Jerusalem Post The climate crisis, which is already raining down plagues upon the earth, advances at an accelerated pace. The doom of millions of people and thousands of species, barring a miracle, is inevitable. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738934

Shanghai Passover: Celebrating the holiday in China’s COVID lockdown

Jerusalem Post Recollection of the lockdown Passover Seder of 2022 in Shanghai, China. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738933

Passover: Surviving in Israel is a miracle, we will make it past this

Jerusalem Post Living in Israel has allowed me to understand the concept of a modern miracle because we live it here each day. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738926

The ‘Hilula” for Baba Meir: the Breslavian influencer has arrived at the residence of Rabbi Pinto

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-738900

Scientists finish 200-year decryption of ancient Greek-Egyptian treatise – study

Jerusalem Post The manuscript is believed to be a lost treatise by Ptolemy on his Meteoroscope. It was hidden within a copy of Etymologiae. Deciphering it has taken over 200 years. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738848

Archaeologists make new discoveries in ancient undersea city of sin

Jerusalem Post The Roman town of Baia was the great luxury resort of the ancient world and has been dubbed by many as the “Las Vegas of the Roman Empire.” But then it sunk beneath the Gulf of Naples. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738850

Giant amphibians roamed the Earth before dinosaurs, swam like crocodiles – study

Jerusalem Post Giant amphibians were once dominant predators up until the rise of dinosaurs in the Triassic Era. This new study detailed how they moved. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738855

Israel’s Karaites celebrate Passover amid interest in alternative Judaism

Jerusalem Post The ancient Jewish movement rejects rabbinic authority, relying instead on Hebrew Bible for religious law. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/jewish-holidays/article-738847

Scientists reconstruct 35,000 year old face – study

Jerusalem Post The skeleton, per the scientific report, was discovered in 1980 in the Nile Valley in Egypt. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738840

Ancient fragments of New Testament manuscript uncovered

Jerusalem Post Medievalists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences were able to uncover a previously erased layer of text. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738782