When a couple from Washington, D.C., a Baha’i man and a Jewish woman, married in 2012, they wanted a ketubah, or Jewish ...

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

From Venus to Yahweh to Ganesha, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston surveys depictions of divinity through the ages.

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Vancouver Art Gallery exhibition is a painterly yet political expression using folklore, fantasy and science fiction ...

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