From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, a just-right sequence of numbers or letters turns matter into meaning

Rhona Trauvitch, Florida International University Isaac Asimov’s iconic science fiction collection “I, Robot” tells the story of androids created at U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, Inc. The androids range from “Robbie,” who is nonvocal, to “Stephen Byerley,” who may or may not be a robot – he is so humanlike that people can’t tell.…

October 23, 20230Comments

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Funerals are getting more personal. Religion takes a backseat

The "Theos" centre is undertaking a research project in collaboration with the Susanna Wesley Foundation, exploring public attitudes towards death, dying and the afterlife in the UK and how COVID–19 has shaped the conversation and outlook on death. According to the results of the study, a decrease in the role of religious figures…

April 27, 20230Comments

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100 речей з гетто. Львів. Україна

У Львові на горищі одного з будинків по вул. Лемківській, що у роки Другої світової війни знаходився на території єврейського гетто, знайшли особисті речі мешканців, повідомляє «Твоє місто» з посиланням на письменника та блогера Євгена Городецького. Згодом чоловік, що відшукав речі, виставив їх на аукціон. Де безцінні артефакти викупили та передали…

January 23, 20220Comments

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RAKHIV and JEWISH CEMETERY. Ukraine

Rakhiv is situated on the River Csorna Tisa. The town’s jurisdiction covers also the village Berlebas, some 9 kms south of it. Rakhiv had been part of the district of Maramaros in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After World War I (1918), part of the district north of the River Tisa was given to the Republic of…

September 3, 20190Comments

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THE LATEST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT PROVIDES DIRE REVIEW. MAY 2019

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued its latest report about religious freedom in the United States, and the results are less than stellar. This report is published every year on May 1 and has been since 1999, reported World Religion News. This year marks 20 years since the initial…

May 7, 20190Comments

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Is the hijab cultural or religious?

Sara Saboori Raad , Professor's Assistance at University of Iran I would say hijab is more “natural” than cultural or religious. It means it sounds to be in the natural instincts of people, specially women. Looking back in the history, not only we see that hijab existed in many religions like Islam, Hinduism,…

March 8, 20190Comments

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Последний еврей Афганистана

Каждую пятницу 52-летний Звулун Симантов принимает душ и бреется, готовясь к шабату. По субботам, когда 30 миллионов мусульман, живущих в Афганистане, начинают рабочую неделю, он закрывает свой бизнес и одевается в лучшие одежды для молитвы, сообщает hadashot. В полуразрушенном здании в Кабуле, где в одиночестве живет Звулун, находится последняя действующая синагога страны. В лучшие годы…

February 9, 20190Comments

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Guide to Spiritual and Religious Journeys in Québec

A bookseller and publisher, Ulysses Travel Guides , has published an interesting guidebook for the province of Quebec, Canada. A one-of-a-kind guide that reveals an exceptionally rich heritage unequalled anywhere else in North America! In an era of high-speed technologies and relationships, “wellness” tourism, slow travel and religious tourism are part of…

October 12, 20180Comments

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Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah literally meaning is the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah 2018 will begin at sundown on Sunday, Sept. 9, and will continue through nightfall on Tuesday, Sept. 11, marking the start of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of reflection and repentance that concludes with Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Rosh Hashanah…

September 10, 20180Comments

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Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer +(VIDEO)

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel prohibited the Muslim call to prayer 298 times in the first half of this year at a historical mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, reported muslimnews . “Occupying Israeli forces prohibited the Azan, including calls to Friday prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque 298 times…

July 21, 20180Comments

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