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Religious tolerance in India is probably not what you think it to be. To get the full sense, you must read the entire article linked below. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/06/29/religion-in-india-tolerance-and-segregation/

Let us be clear: He tried the 25+ death cases as the public defender. Did you read the information source provided? At the time the death sentence was pronounced there was no repentance. Following the death sentence, only the State Governor could commute the sentence. The Governor did not do that. So, the sentence was carried out.

Rahab: Good and valid question. As I understand it, the COVID tests are not specific to the various strains. However, I am not certain that all tests test equally for every strain. I will attempt to check on this. I have checked and I find the following: The common tests used at home test equally for all strains. Yes, medical and research facilities can use tests that are specific to various strains, as i understand it. NOTE: PCR home tests are more accurate than are antigen home tests.

I am reading the Old Testament from beginning to end for the first time, using the New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh: Unlike their 1917 translation, the new JPS Tanakh was entirely original and not based on any previous Christian translation. It's both relatively easy to read and accurate to the traditional Masoretic text. The Hebrew Bible is coming alive to me in a way I never imagined. The word Tanakh is derived from the traditional threefold division of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah (law), Nevi'im (prophets), and Kethuvim (writings). In Luke 24:44, Jesus refers to this threefold division of the Hebrew canon. I am now at the Book of Ezekiel. While the local Chabad rabbi recommended to me the Artscroll translation, which is more expensive, the local Conservative rabbi recommended the NJPS Tanakh. Orthodox rabbis seem to recommend the Artscroll translation more often, though Orthodox rabbis and scholars participated in the NJPS translation. A significant difference between the Hebrew Tanakh and Christian translations is that the Books of Chronicles are included at the very end, in order to summarize the story of the Hebrew Bible. In Christian versions, people often skip over the Books of Chronicles, thinking that it's just a repeat of the Books of Kings.

The Adventist community and the world at large have lost a pioneer physician and health leader. https://www.hansdiehl.com/in-memory

Harvey ‘Bud’ Meyerhoff, chair of US Holocaust Memorial Museum at its founding, dies at 96 (JTA) — In 1986, eight years after Jimmy Carter established the President’s Commission on the Holocaust with Elie Weisel as its chairman, little progress had been made on the Washington, D.C. memorial it was tasked to create. https://www.jta.org/2023/08/07/obituaries/harvey-bud-meyerhoff-chair-of-us-holocaust-memorial-museum-at-its-founding-dies-at-96?

Broadway actor who played Simba in 'The Lion King' dies at 47 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/broadway-actor-played-simba-lion-king-dies-47-rcna98352