Since the day I arrived in Israel, it has been very confusing to start the week on a Sunday. My whole brain is so set on the idea of Monday being the first day of the week, that it will refuse any other assumption, even when instructed otherwise. To complicate the matter, in Hebrew days [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bible’
On Shabbat, and how to live with Sunday as the first day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, Christianity, Jesus, Jews, Judaism, Religion and Spirituality, Shabbat, Shabbat elevator on 07/08/2010 | 1 Comment »
Stairway to Heaven
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ARCO, art, Bible, Catholic, Catholic Church, controversial, Eugenio Merino, Islam, Jew, Monotheism, Muslim, prayer, Religion and Spirituality, sculpture, Spain, Stairway to heaven, Torah on 25/02/2010 | 47 Comments »
A friend in Spain called my attention to an interesting sculpture which has raised quite a bit of polemics. The sculpture, by Spanish artist Eugenio Merino (Madrid, 1975), represents a Muslim worshipper, a Catholic priest and a Rabbi. The three of them are immortalized in the act of praying, each one in his own fashion: [...]
