While a chapter in  one of my books summarized religions of the world ,  I studied up for this feat by reading  Religion for Dummies .  As such, accepting artificial intelligence sources as superior to my brain, a good part of my posting today will draw from Google AI Overview.  What is that?  Read  Wikipedia . What inspired me about Searching for Awe, was my reading today about  Rosh Hashanah , the Ten Days of Repentance which culminates in Yom Kippur, which this year will begin at sundown on October 1, and extend to nightfall on October 2, a period of 25 hours. This is also Hebrew year 5786, which began on the evening of 22September2025, the first day of Rosh Hashanah.  Note that when you subtract 2025 from that number, 3781 BCE is the calculated date of creation.  But understand that these numbers are more a chronological reckoning based on early interpretations.   Watch this video about the meaning and warning about the yea...

Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico's first female president.  When all is counted, she will get around 60% of the votes cast.  Sheinbaum was former mayor of Mexico City and will serve one six-year term beginning on October 1.  She is closely aligned with outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and will continue the favorable relationship with the U.S. Sheinbaum : Is 61 years old, and was born in Mexico City.   Her paternal Ashkenazi grandparents emigrated from Lithuania in the 1920's, while her maternal Sephardic grandparents came from Sofia, Bulgaria in the early 140's to escape the Holocaust.   Her mother is a biologist, while her father is a chemical engineer, like me.  Her brother Julio is a physicist. Her husband, Carlos Imaz, was a tenured Stanford University professor, but they separated in 2016 with a daughter. She will soon marry Jesús Maria Tarriba Unger. Has a PhD in energy engineering, and, as an academic, has authored over 1...