Gonzaga University is buying their first Torah for the small community of Jewish students, faculty, and staff members lead by Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein.
Read More »The Impact of Language on the Brain, Creating New Neuronal Connections and Bible Study
Research from second language learning indicates that when we learn a new language, even a few words, we make new connections in our brain.
Read More »Balancing Creativity, Generosity and Diversity
Familiarity helps us feel safe and included but it does not make us more creative and imaginative, being immersed in different cultures and surround by and interacting with people different from ourselves does that
Read More »Biblical Peace
Peace is mentioned in many Bible verses. Here are just two, but with these two and others we can search out the word for peace in over 2000 languages.
Read More »Finding Poetic Emotions
By Kimberly Burnham Poetry can help us reflect on and integrate our emotional lives. A recent study in Nursing Education Today noted, “Poetry writing helps students to develop writing craft and reflective skills. It encourages students to articulate often complex emotions associated with their professional worlds, thereby providing invaluable insights …
Read More »Establishing Ties and Taming Peace
By Kimberly Burnham In Rhodian, a language spoken on Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece the word “ktílos” or “κτίλος” means peaceful, tame, docile, gentle and domesticated as if those who are peaceful must also be docile. In English, the words “tame” and “peaceful” seem pretty different but in …
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