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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

There is nothing like being in the Holy Land during the Easter season.

After leading more than 30 study tours to Israel, I can tell you that each time feels like

the first time.

There is something miraculous and transforming about this ancient land, especially during this season.

This year, April is not only the month of Easter for Christians,

but of Passover for the Jewish people and the beginning of Ramadan for Muslims. Because of the

pandemic, however, the streets of Jerusalem are virtually empty. Churches and other religious sites are

closed. Even burials are different. In Israel, Jewish

dead are typically laid to rest in a cloth smock and shroud without a coffin. Now the bodies

of COVID-19 victims are taken for ritual washing, which is performed in full protective gear,

wrapped in impermeable plastic, and wrapped again in plastic before interment.

Muslim bodies are not washed or shrouded, but buried in a plastic body bag.

Funerals can be attended by no more than 20 people in an open space.

The bereaved are not embraced.

Here's some good news, however.

Israel's Tower of David Museum is using

virtual reality to allow us to visit the Western Wall during Passover, the Church of the Holy

Sepulchre for Easter, and the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Axa Mosque during Ramadan. The museum

has created an immersive 360-degree virtual reality experience for

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