translation Exclusive: A Jewish clergyman, a Brooklyn rabbi and former yeshiva director, appeared in court on Monday in New York on charges of sexually abusing his underage female relatives, after spending a decade on the run in Israel. Gershon Crunchzer, 67, appeared before Judge Jill Konviser of Brooklyn Superior Court handcuffed to his waist, according … Read more
Rome/Freiburg (dpa) – The longtime private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein, is to return to his home diocese of Freiburg, according to information from the daily newspaper “Welt” – and without office. Pope Francis instructed the 66-year-old to leave Rome by July 1 at the latest, the newspaper reported on Friday. According to … Read more
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen has warm brown eyes and a broad, engaging face. The hair color and the stubbly beard are slightly reddish. The charismatic American seems made to embody a Jewish hero. The 29-year-old leaves no doubt: “King David is my absolute favorite role!” The singer now has it in Georg Friedrich Handel’s Saul (from … Read more
Timothy James Keller, evangelical pastor, theologian and author of several best-selling books, died Friday May 19, at the age of 72. The man whose fame had long since crossed American borders had advanced pancreatic cancer, diagnosed in the summer of 2020. His passing was announced by his son, Michael Keller, citing his last words. “There … Read more
AFP, published on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 06:50 For the first time since a knife attack in the United States in August which almost cost him his life, the British writer Salman Rushdie reappeared Thursday evening in public in New York during a gala of an organization for the defense of writers. The famous … Read more
Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – The former private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein, led a service in Freiburg Cathedral. The archdiocese confirmed this on Monday on request. The archbishop came from Rome to his home diocese for two days, according to a video at morning mass in the church. In Freiburg he was … Read more
What does music do to Christians? And why is worship so important? Jürgen Krabbenhöft pursues these questions in “Church Up Close”. Medicine has proven that music has a positive effect on heartbeat, breathing and blood pressure. Can music be a savior in times of need? In addition, Jürgen Krabbenhöft reads verses 14 to 23 from … Read more
Lined up with their bikes in the nave of the Anglican Cathedral in New York, harnessed like professional cyclists or simple walkers, hundreds of followers of the little queen were “blessed” on Saturday during a 25-year-old ritual, supposed to protect them from accidents in the city. “May the paths come your way. May the wind … Read more
AFP, published on Sunday, May 07, 2023 at 09:46 Lined up with their bikes in the nave of the Anglican Cathedral in New York, harnessed like professional cyclists or simple walkers, hundreds of followers of the little queen were “blessed” on Saturday during a 25-year-old ritual, supposed to protect them from accidents in the city. … Read more
“Film music is the heart and soul of every film,” said James Cameron, director of such well-known films as Terminator or Titanic. But applied music, as it is called to distinguish it from purposeless, so-called absolute music, seems to have broken away from its close connection to film for a long time. Pieces by the … Read more