The Reverend Thomas Morell wrote this libretto to be set to music by George Frederick Handel. It was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre in London in 1752. The story is taken from the Old Testament book of Judges. Jephtha, a military leader of the Israelites, swears an oath to the Almighty that if he […]

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Womanhood by Madison Julius Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 28, 2024. —— Cawein’s poetry allied his love of nature with a devotion to earlier English and European literature, mythology, and classical allusion. Although he gained an international reputation, he has been eclipsed as the […]

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di Gianni ValenteRoma – Il 4 febbraio 2019, quando il Vescovo di Roma e il Grande Imam di Al Azhar firmarono a Abu Dhabi il Documento sulla Fratellanza umana per la pace universale e la convivenza comune, il loro gesto non annunciato spiazzò molti. Anche la macchina dell’informazione specializzata ebbe bisogno di un po’ di […]

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«Self-Portrait As Othello» explora la masculinidad negra y la identidad inmigrante Jason Allen-Paisant, poeta jamaicano-británico y ganador del Premio de Poesía T.S. Eliot 2023. Foto de Carcanet Press, cortesía de Bocas Lit Fest, utilizada con autorización. El lunes 15 de enero, en una ceremonia celebrada en la Wallace Collection de Londres, el poeta jamaicano Jason […]

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Abu Dhabi – In questo «drammatico momento della storia dell’umanità, segnato da tanti conflitti»,il Documento sulla Fratellanza umana firmato ad Abu Dhabi da Papa Francesco e dal Grande Imam di Al Azhar Ahmed al Tayyeb appare sempre più come un «documento profetico» da rileggere, diffondere e far conoscere a tutti, per trasmettere il suo spirito […]

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US citizens: call on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the American bumblebee as an endangered species. If you have disabled the page’s JavaScript, you may get a blank response after signing. That does not mean anything is wrong; your signature has probably been sent in properly. The blank screen has text that […]

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Robert Reich explains how the bullshitter and Republicans are trying to spread chaos to discourage non-fascists from voting. After creating as much real chaos as they can, they pretend there is even more of it, hoping Americans will give up and not vote, or support a fascist strong man. I urge you to vote in […]

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California is proposing an interesting approach towards antisocial media platforms. It is exciting that SB 976 turns towards restricting recommendation algorithms. But these options should not be limited to minors — every user should have this choice. (Please do not refer to teenagers as “children”; that feeds the US tendency to treat them like children […]

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The Norfolk Southern megarailroad responded to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, by increasing its lobbying expenditures to make sure Congress does nothing to require it to hire enough workers to ensure safety. The derailment, the toxic gas leak and the fire would not have happened if the train had had a full crew.

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*AOC says no one should be ‘tossed out of public discourse’ for accusing Israel of genocide.* I disagree with that accusation — I’ve explained the difference between genocide and a series of atrocities — but I agree completely with AOC’s point. As long as we tolerate people in public discourse despite their advocating the horrible […]

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Fortsetzung des Romanes “Das rote Zimmer”. Die Handlung dieses (satirischen) gesellschaftskritischen Romans spielt im gleichen Milieu ca 20 Jahre später und endet zur Jahrtausendwende 1899/1900. Wir treffen “alte Bekannte” wieder und lernen neue Gestalten kennen. Summary by Friedrich

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