A scholar of Jewish history explains why the annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel has such power and meaning.
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The Lag BaOmer pilgrimage, in which 45 people died recently, takes place each year to what is believed to be the gravesite of the second-century Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
Drastic oxygen losses in the world’s oceans millions of years ago coincided with mass extinctions. Scientists see this as a warning about how climate change could affect oceans today.
During the past two decades, the US casino industry has expanded dramatically. According to the American Gaming Association, there are now nearly 1,000 commercial and tribal casinos in the country. Plans…
Famous boxing promoter, Kellie Maloney, recently came out as transgender. She did so as a pre-emptive move, because it had become clear to her that at least two newspapers were going to out her without…
Rick Astley, 80s pop singer and unlikely king of internet memes, is dead. Or at least the most persistent song in his catalogue is. Or at least its most popular unofficial YouTube upload is. Or at least…
In the world of internet memes, 2013 was without doubt the Year of the Doge. Participants on Twitter, Tumblr and reddit created and circulated their own narrations of this Shiba’s fragmented internal monologue…
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Professor of History Emeritus, College of Charleston
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Professor of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
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Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
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Professor of Literature and Director of Irish and Irish American Studies, College of Charleston
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Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, College of Charleston
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Professor of political science and public administration, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Public Health, College of Charleston
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Professor of English, College of Charleston
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Professor of Strategic Communication, College of Charleston
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Assistant Professor of Education, College of Charleston
