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Abu Nidal, 2002 News

Palestinian terrorist, was found dead in Baghdad in August. Many questioned the determination that his death was a suicide when it was revealed that there were four bullet wounds in his head…

Esther (Greek): 16

Esther (Greek) Chapter 16 1 The great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful subjects,…

The Koran/Sura LVIII — She Who Pleaded

Sura LVIII — She Who PleadedMedina — 22 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful God hath heard the words of HER[1158] WHO PLEADED with thee against her husband, and made…

The Koran/Sura LXXIV — The Enwrapped

Sura LXXIV — The Enwrapped[25]Mecca — 55 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O THOU, ENWRAPPED in thy mantle! Arise and warn! Thy Lord—magnify Him! Thy raiment—…

Old Testament Names

We do not pretend that this list is all-inclusive. We list only those names that occur most often in crossword puzzles.Aaron: First high priest of Jews; son of Amram; brother of Miriam and…

Buford O. Furrow, 1999 News

37, white supremacist, opened fire in August at a Los Angeles Jewish community center, injuring five people, and an hour later killed Filipino-American letter carrier Joseph Ileto, 39. The…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian pastor and theologian, was executed for contributing to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and resisting Germany's Nazi regime in other ways. By age 30 he had…

Tattoos and Judaism

The Question: Why can't people with tattoos be buried in a Jewish cemetery? The Answer: There is no such rule. It is true that Jews…

Ferdinand of Aragon

Ferdinand of Aragon and his wife, Isabella of Castille, underwrote the voyages of Christopher Columbus and so established Spain as a powerful force in the New World. The marriage of Ferdinand and…

Mel Gibson, 2004 News

actor and director, garnered intense buzz for his incendiary film, The Passion of the Christ, months before its February release. The film, in Latin and Aramaic with English subtitles,…