Michael Dirda Historian and biographer Julia Boyd opens her riveting “Travelers in the Third Reich” with this anecdote: “Imagine that it is the summer of 1936 and you are on honeymoon in Germany. The sun is shining, the people are …
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Anyone who has been unable to to get a ticket for Oberammergau this year might well go to Erl instead, for Erl has a Passion Play with a history just as long and as proud. Indeed, Erl claims to have …
Shabbat service planned PIQUA — Congregation Anshe Emeth will be observing Shabbat with services to be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. Services will be conducted by rabbinic intern Eliza McCarroll at the synagogue located at 320 Caldwell …
ARLINGTON — Roger Cooper has spent close to 50 years collecting miniature Nativity scenes all over the world. Cooper, 68, got his first one in Mexico City back in the early ’70s while working as a research chemist for a …
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Viking cruise line has announced the launch of its new season of 2020 and 2021 ocean and 2020 river cruise programmes. Prices start from £1,195 per person on a seven-night Danube Waltz river cruise and from £1,940 per person on the …
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Germany is famously a work in progress — as are the nearby Low Countries — and that includes their sightseeing attractions. In 2019, there’s good news and a few important warnings for the smart traveler. To handle its ever-increasing number …
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The tradition of decorating the house here arose spontaneously. Oberammergau – a small Alpine village attracted us with its fabulous painted facades. Only a few narrow streets, but every house like a work of art. All murals are drawn very …
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Leave a Comment Hosted by Collette Tours, one of the oldest and most respected 4-star tour operators in the United States, Ohio Farm Bureau presents the “Discover the Alpine Countries” trip departing Sept. 12, 2019. Have an amazing trip experience …
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AP file photo Jesus is portrayed by Anton Burkhart during the rehearsal of the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. More than 2000 citizens of this Bavarian village participate in the century-old play of the suffering of Christ, staged every ten …
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Published: June 29, 2017 ROGERS — When the opportunity arose to combine his passion for theology with a job in health care, Chad Raith was intrigued. Raith, who is Anglican, joined Mercy Northwest Arkansas earlier this year as vice …
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