The heat and traffic are oppressive. As I ascend the hills of Jerusalem, I say a private prayer of thanks that I am traveling by hybrid car in 2025 and not climbing with braying animals to the Holy Temple in the first century. That Temple, of…

The heat and traffic are oppressive. As I ascend the hills of Jerusalem, I say a private prayer of thanks that I am traveling by hybrid car in 2025 and not climbing with braying animals to the Holy Temple in the first century. That Temple, of…