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WATCH: Orthodox Christians Celebrate Easter With 'Holy Fire' In Church

Posted 05.05.2013 | Religion
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In this stunning video, Orthodox Christians welcome the Holy Fire, a miracle that Orthodox Christians believe occurs every year on the evening before ...

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My Humble Greek Lean Easter

Justine Frangouli-Argyris | Posted 04.30.2013 | Religion
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Justine Frangouli-Argyris

It will definitely be a lean Easter! But what is Easter for us Greek Orthodox?

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Unorthodox: What Deborah Feldman Found at Sarah Lawrence

SLCSpeaks | Posted 07.01.2012 | College
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SLCSpeaks

Although the media portrays Feldman as an anomaly, she uses archetypes to create a real-life fairy tale familiar to any Sarah Lawrence student who has asked to bum a cigarette outside of the library, or had to explain to their Facebook friends that they aren't gay.

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The Orthodox Rabbi Who Marries Gay Men to Lesbians

Cindy Rodriguez | Posted 10.19.2011 | Religion
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Cindy Rodriguez

In the U.S., the debate about same-sex marriages has created a dividing line in the so-called culture wars, but in Jerusalem, where Orthodox Jews do not accept homosexuality, it feels like America, circa 1952.

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Levi Aron Found Competent To Stand Trial

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 10.04.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK — The man accused in the kidnapping and dismemberment killing of an 8-year-old New York City boy told detectives his victim put up a st...

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Sonja Sharp

'God Is Crying With Us'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sonja Sharp | Posted 09.13.2011 | New York
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Sobbing mothers dressed in black crowded the streets of Brooklyn Wednesday night. Many had come from Monsey and New Square, 50 m...

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Do the Ten Commandments Cover All the Bases?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Carol Hoenig

I've been thinking about one of the comments made in response to my latest Huffington Post blog, "A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands" ...

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A Mother's Love Versus Her Sons' Religious Demands

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Carol Hoenig

What would you do if someone did not want you to write a memoir because it involved him or her? Would you respect their wishes or would you forge ahead?

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Why Are 110,000 Orthodox Israelis Rioting to 'Protect' Segregated Schools?

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Eileen Read

It is with American ears that revere the separation of church and state that we listen in awe to extreme religious happenings in the Middle East. Som...

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An Expat Thanksgiving

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Vivian Norris

As many pre-prepared Thanksgiving dishes are not readily available abroad, I have begun finding inventive ways to make stuffing, corn bread and a number of Thanksgiving dishes.

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