Religion – Page 217 – Prologue Journal

Sexual abusers are disgusting ‘enemies’ but still should be loved, pope says

Jerusalem Post Abuse scandals have shredded the Church’s reputation and have been a major challenge for the pope. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-742544

Spanish scientists seek to crack mystery of Canaries skeleton cave

Jerusalem Post The archaeologists, who use security ropes while working on the steep terrain, said it was not a normal burial place because they only found men. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742513

Underwater cemetery and 19th century hospital discovered by archaeologists

Jerusalem Post The hospital, which was abandoned in 1873, had once been used to quarantine patients with yellow fever. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742464

Tonight: Thousands will participate in Rabbi Pinto’s traditional bonfire lighting

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-742480

Hassidic rabbi releases ‘kosher’ AI chatbot alternative to ChatGPT

Jerusalem Post After the Skver hassidic movement banned artificial intelligence, Rabbi Moishy Goldstein created Kosher.Chat, an AI chatbo with answers appropriate for Orthodox Jews. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-742328

Underground Greek tomb discovered in Italy by using cosmic rays – study

Jerusalem Post The subterranean burial that was found is approximately 2,500 years old, but researchers hadn’t been able prior to access all the Greek burials. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742267

New excavations in Caesar’s forum help shed light on 16th-century medicine

Jerusalem Post Researchers have connected a recent excavation with a 16th-century hospital that dealt with plague victims. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742217

The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC

Jerusalem Post The Codex Sassoon has a long and mysterious history but remained in Jewish hands for its 1100-year existence. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-742221

Was there a coup in Egypt during the biblical Exodus?

Jerusalem Post Pharaoh dying in the firstborn plague would lead to the immediate crowing that night of a new Pharaoh. This is further supported by the word “rose”: “And Pharaoh rose up in the night.” https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-742100

Parashat Emor: ‘Ner Tamid’: Many meanings

Jerusalem Post “Tamid” therefore represents two important cadences: the persistent, non-ending; and that which reoccurs. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-742108