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Holocaust in Paris

March 27, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 8 Comments

Holocaust in Paris Monday started the Jewish celebration of Passover, the religious holidays that commemorate the portion of Exodus where God spares (passes over) the Israelite first born sons and kills the first born sons of Egypt as what you might call a last straw to convince the Pharaoh to release the Israelites from from […]

Filed Under: History, Living, Sight Seeing Tagged With: holocaust, Memorial de la Shoah, passover

What’s in a Name?

March 16, 2013 by Hugh Nelson 15 Comments

Brenda and I were having our French lesson, and I asked our tutor Anna for help creating a telephone answering message for our home phone. She suggested, “Vous êtes bien chez Brenda et Hugh. S’il vous plaît laissez votre message après the bip.” Knowing that in French the h is silent, I asked about how […]

Filed Under: History, Living Tagged With: Catholic Church, Huguenots, Protestant church

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