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World Service,15 Apr 2017,26 mins

Sacred Things

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Where does the word “sanctuary’’ come from? Think Latin and sacred space. Also, sharing the Seder during Passover with a family of Syrian refugees; Ivanka Trump converted to Judaism, but in Israel, converting is not that simple; Evangelical Christians speak Christianese to one another; and a Syrian-American soul singer takes his music to Trump country. (Image: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Klezmer band members play instruments next to the walls of Jerusalem’s old city. Credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

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