By Layla Melendez At 94, Flower Silliman was the oldest living graduate of the Jewish Girls School of Kolkata. This November, students of the school came together to sing a hymn at her memorial service at the Maghen David synagogue in Kolkata. But the names of the girls singing the traditional Jewish hymn didn’t sound […]
By Sara Hassan The sky was grey and there was a dusting of snow on the ground. Mid-November in Denmark does not offer ideal beach weather, but the Nyborg waterfront did have a view of the cargo ships passing through the Great Belt, a major strait in Denmark and one of the busiest sea lanes […]
By Sara Hassan Little is known about the miracle of the wooden statue that endured flames, yet remains unsinged. The figurine can be found in Bougainville, a little-known island in the South Pacific. Roughly the size of Hawaii’s main island—though far less visited—it’s in the most remote part of Papua New Guinea. Carved from dark […]