Religica Co-Founder Dr. Michael Trice had an opportunity to sit down with Brothers John and Emile of the Taize Community. The Taize Community has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage, with a focus on youth. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make a pilgrimage to Taize each year. [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Rabbi Kate Speizer loves to make Jewish living and learning accessible for individuals through community and connection. Jewish values are the anchor within the work she pursues as a teacher, parent, partner, and friend. Upon ordination at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2008, Rabbi Speizer served as Campus [...] Read More
I know I’m not alone in this: the 2020 Holiday season is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. I would say it’s because of being away from family, but as a nine-year Army veteran, I’ve often been away from friends and family during Yule and their holidays—so, that’s not quite unusual. After the Army, I […]
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What is a sacred site, and what is the relationship between such spaces and violence? First, I must state that I chose to narrow the scope of this blog specifically to exploring the concepts of attack on the sacred to physical sites in our world, interacted with by human beings. I believe that the sacred […]
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