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Erik Ross
February 12, 2018, 6:37 am
Erik Ross
Poland of lead and of gold
‘The souls of Jew and Gentile floated up in lightness to somewhere under the synagogue ceiling…’
September 13, 2017, 2:50 pm
Erik Ross
Easily assimilated
Learning to trust in the power of pathos and the well-placed theatrical gesture from the wandering Jews
September 4, 2017, 1:50 pm
Erik Ross
A Catholic on Joan Rivers’ yahrzeit
The straight-talking funny lady was a master of the bedrock of real religion: truth
May 26, 2017, 10:18 am
Erik Ross
Face the neighbors
In vivid portraits of Jews long gone from Poland, an invitation to acknowledge what was lost
April 29, 2017, 12:39 pm
Erik Ross
Krakow on a Sunday
These vows of lifelong poverty, chastity and obedience — why do he and his Dominican Order fellows do it?
April 20, 2017, 1:36 pm
Erik Ross
Birds fly in Lodz
The Polish city, with its rich and painful Jewish history, is getting a facelift with paint and feathers
April 11, 2017, 7:38 am
Erik Ross
The Polish Akiva
A walk through Poznan uncovers the Jews deep beneath the surface — in culture, architecture, and personal history
March 25, 2017, 1:47 pm
Erik Ross
Don’t say that Hebrew word!
For now, and until Easter, Catholics are holding back on their most joyous praise for the Lord
March 13, 2017, 12:44 pm
Erik Ross
Walk down Jew Street
An in-depth tour in a Polish city where a vicious anti-Semitic legend is meticulously and uncritically preserved
February 7, 2017, 3:08 pm
Erik Ross
Tevye is killing it in Poland. Here’s why
Fiddler is playing in Gdynia and Lodz and Bialystok and Poznan and Warsaw — all for one crazy reason
December 18, 2016, 1:47 pm
Erik Ross
Fake lake
How tribute to an ancient Slavic myth of a water nymph reveals a memorial to Poland’s dead Jews
November 28, 2016, 2:27 pm
Erik Ross
A goyisher fiddler
The classic musical tugs at the heartstrings, even in Wisconsin, where the bread is white and Jewish jokes fall flat
November 20, 2016, 1:04 pm
Erik Ross
Jews in church
What to do when your monastery’s artwork lauds forced conversions of Jews and Christians as the new beloved of God
September 4, 2016, 2:26 pm
Erik Ross
I confess
On hearing the sins of his fellow Catholics, and being certain God can straighten the spaghetti-mess of the soul
August 28, 2016, 4:54 pm
Erik Ross
Funny sort of priest
Will foregoing humor and adopting a more pious style make him a better channel of God’s grace?
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