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Struck by Venice lightning: A first person account of a chaotic day at the beach
On Sunday afternoon, I was knee-deep in the ocean, right next to the Venice Fishing Pier, when the deadly lightning bolt hit the water.
700 menorahs lit simultaneously
Some 700 people lit Chanukah menorahs simultaneously.
Artists Converge After ‘The Passion’
Christian children wearing their Sunday best for last week\’s Easter services understandably could forget, amidst their Easter egg hunts, that the Last Supper of Jesus was a Passover seder.
But in this season of Easter and Passover, connections between the holidays has inspired an art exhibit showcasing Christian and Jewish artists motivated by religious themes. The exhibit is housed in downtown Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Its aspirations and the artworks themselves are impressive, though the effort has suffered from uneven presentation of the artwork.
The \”Passion/Passover\” exhibit could be viewed as a positive response to Jewish-Catholic tensions surrounding last year\’s \”The Passion of the Christ\” by filmmaker Mel Gibson. His film was praised by Catholic church officials, though many Jewish leaders said the film unreasonably cast Jews as villains.
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Lag B\’Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the days between Pesach and Shavuot, will be celebrated on May 20.