Wanna come to Scripps brunch? “Sorry I have Church,” is what you might hear Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 saying, if you ask her to a Sunday morning meal. Gorelik, missing her high school chapel time, decided to start exploring churches around the Claremont/Upland area. Going to many churches in the area, including Catholic, Presbyterian, Orthodox, Methodist, Unitarian, Episcopal , and non-denominational churches, Gorelik reminisces about high school, and calls on others to explore churchgoing to find hope, to practice gratitude, build community or just to get off campus.
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Interfaith challah-making event braids together Muslim and Jewish students
There are few feelings as universal as ripping into freshly baked bread, warm and fluffy right out of the oven. On the evening of Feb. 23, two dozen Muslim and Jewish students savored that pleasure together at an interfaith challah-making event co-hosted by Nishmat and the 7C Muslim Student Association (MSA). Nishmat and MSA organizers emphasized the importance of Jewish-Muslim solidarity amidst Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza.
OPINION: Why you should stop worshipping God and start worshipping Amazon
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines prayer as “an address (such as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought.” God is defined as “a being or object believed to have more than natural attributes and powers and to require human worship.” They’re both fairly loose definitions that