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Damn it, religion is so beautiful. It's not just the beauty in the stained glass of churches, the golden domes of mosques or the embroidered Torah scrolls. It's in the faces of believers, illuminated by a mix of comfort and ecstasy. They are seeing into another world. They belong...
...least feels closer at Lawtey, a medium-and minimum-security facility that houses nearly 800 inmates. Under the prison's spiritual regimen, the Bible, the Koran and the Torah are read alongside manuals on substance abuse, anger management and job training. Volunteer clergy from churches, mosques and other houses of God seem almost as ubiquitous as guards, and prayer is built into the day. Sitting in a chapel pew as a gospel ensemble belts out Lord, I Love to Sing Your Praises, Newton, who transferred to the facility in March, shares what he calls "blessed" news. "I've been praying...
While a traditional reading of the Torah, a collection of the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, started the coordinating council’s meeting last week, students at the gathering were led—for the first time—by a female undergraduate, Anna M. Solomon-Schwartz...
Damn it, religion is so beautiful. It’s not just the beauty in the stained glass of churches, the golden domes of mosques or the embroidered Torah scrolls. It’s in the faces of believers, illuminated by a mix of comfort and ecstasy. They are seeing into another world. They belong...
That realization, she says, led her to the lectern tonight. Weiss gazes down at the Torah scroll and chants, "Kol y-may neez-ro" ("Throughout his term as Nazarite"). That portion of the Scripture is about a group of ancient Jews (Nazarites) who, though not born into a priestly class, find their way to holiness through personal effort. A little later on, in a speech, Weiss explains, "I feel somewhat like a Nazarite tonight...