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Two months ago, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonya Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

Against the blackened sky, the exploding shells scintillate and blaze forth in myriad colors and patterns, awakening the summer night with echoing booms as the designs fade into wisps of sulfur vapor and evaporate into nothingness.

Carol Grimley opened my eyes to support a belief that just because it's in the Bible I can't say it's wrong,. The same book that condemns same-sex relationships also says a man is unclean if he has a flat nose .

Who hasn't felt overworked and wanted to complain about it? And who hasn't felt, at times, that work is also our most important responsibility? In this week's portion, we identify with the Jewish people and with Moses.

Hallue Wright believes in her southern, homemade-style ribs. A So much so that she offers a free sample rib to new customers who stroll into her Manna From Heaven carryout restaurant in Rosecroft A Shopping Center in Temple Hills,MD. Wedged between a church and an organic food store, the restaurant features a lineup of ribs, steamed spiced shrimp ...

Betty Rossi of Derwood speaks to the group as Sue Conway of Gaithersburg looks during an immigration and faith workshop at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Gaithersburg.

The Israelites were forty years in the wilderness after managing to get out of Egypt.

"Because You have chosen us and sanctified us above all nations." That's not quite correct.

"Count the heads of the entire witness-congregation of Israel..." The Book of Numbers opens with an optimistic picture of a nation poised for redemption.

I never seem to get tired of talking about the stupidity of people, and how it just doesn't seem to end.

President Barack Hussein Obama showed his true religion over the course of the Easter holiday weekend.

The greatest challenge for a person of faith is to let go and wait for God to act, says Naftali Brawer Comments Naftali Brawer Londoners are still recovering from the G20 summit in which leaders of the world's richest countries gathered in the capital to find a way of digging us all out of global recession.

I was preparing my Sunday school lesson for this Sunday. It is on the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.

As far back as Genesis and Exodus, music has been an integral part of mankind's culture.

APPLE VALLEY On Easter Sunday a local Christian pastor will open his church to all faiths and celebrate the Jewish Passover.

"The Crash of '09." "The Great Recession." Whatever iconic name will be imposed upon the ongoing financial crisis, it is likely the economic downturn will simply be analyzed by economists as the flood of dollars going out that gave Wall Street a good drenching.

Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of Israelites from bondage in Egypt, will begin at sundown today, with observant families throughout the Southland holding a traditional feast called a Seder.

Sunday, Christians worldwide will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. But the spring season is also time of jubilation for those of the Jewish faith, who will begin the observance of Passover at sundown today.

A whirl-wind trip through time is necessary to check this out, so hang on and let's go.

Passover, the Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of Israelites from bondage in Egypt, will begin at sundown today, with observant families throughout the Southland holding a traditional feast called a Seder.