259. The Bread, the Wine, the Cross

[Passover 2024] We celebrate our Christian Passover-feast.  It might sound like a contradiction in terms because the death of a person is not  a reason for celebration.  Nowadays, people conduct a funeral as a celebration of life.  The nature of such a ceremony has changed significantly over the years, from a very somber occasion to something that one would…

92. Wine, wedding and song.

This title rings a bell, doesn’t it? Yes, you are right of course. It is not correct. The title of the beautiful waltz written by Johann Strauss junior in Vienna many years ago in 1869 is: Wine, women and song. Well, both titles are an accurate description of one of the oldest events we still…