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Ancient Legacy of Chinese Jews

Highlighting one thousand years of history   Related Links Israel's Lost Tribes Judaism Primer Timeline: The Holocaust Jewish Community of Shanghai Jews of China Sino-…

The Dog and the Sparrow

The Dog and the Sparrow A shepherd's dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger. At last he could bear it no longer; so he took to his heels, and…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 6, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 5, 1806January 7, 1806January 6, 1806 Monday January 6th 1806. Capt Clark set out after an early breakfast with the party in two canoes…

X-File: A Guide to the Summer X Games

by John Gettings The street luge is speeding towards a TV near you, as one of nine "alternative" sports to be featured at the fifth Summer X Games. Related Links Summer X Games Medal Winners (…

A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

Amy LowellDedicationLife, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity. Shelley , Adonais. Le silence est si grand que mon coeur en frissonne, Seul, le bruit de…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 46

Part 46I know I have the best of time and space, and was never measured and never will be measured.I tramp a perpetual journey, (come listen all!) My signs are a rain-proof coat, good…

The Celtic Twilight: The Old Town

by W. B. Yeats Earth, Fire and WaterThe Man and His BootsThe Old Town I fell, one night some fifteen years ago, into what seemed the power of faery. I had gone with a young man and his…