First Presbyterian welcomes new pastor
Richard Carter
His scripture will be 1st Corinthians 2:1-5, a passage from the apostle Paul.
“I think it’s one of the best passages of scripture for a pastor to guide their ministry, Hansen said. “My hope is to continue to build upon what strong foundation exists in First Presbyterian.”
There’s a saying, he said, that the future is through the past, and for this historic church (which dates back to 1882), “there is so much past, so much tradition and history and as you look towards the future, I am still learning the goals and dreams of the membership here – more broadly from my experience with the nominating committee and other leadership.
LOOSE ENDS 3/5: Princeton Community Housing Eddie Glaude ×
By Pam Hersh
Yes, Eddie Glaude Jr. is an internationally renowned scholar, who speaks to the complex social, racial and economic dynamics of the American experience.
Yes, Dr. Glaude is a professor and chair of the African American Studies Department at Princeton University.
Yes, he is the author of several critically acclaimed books, the most recent “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own,” released on June 30, 2020.
Yes, he is a political commentator on MSNBC with a worldwide pulpit.
No, “It does not follow,” said Dr. Glaude, that, even with these credentials, he “has all the answers” as to how to fix the devastation wreaked by American racism.
Purim in Hebron. 2018.
Hebron has the unique distinction of being one of the few cities in the world that celebrates Purim on two days. Jewish communities in walled cities celebrate Purim a day later. This is deriving from the verses in the Scroll of Esther which state, that in the city of Shushan, where the Purim story took place, the holiday was celebrated on the 15th of Adar rather then the 14th like the rest of the Jewish world.
Such is the case with Jerusalem where walls still surround the Old City. However what if there is a doubt about whether or not a city was surrounded by a wall? Those cities, Hebron being one of them, celebrate for two days, and thus have four total readings of the megillah.