Mid-Week Mellow

By gar, it's been a while!

Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say.

Researchers used radiocarbon dating to determine the ages of 28 of the animals, and estimated that one female was about 400 years old.

The team found that the sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 150.

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A small congregation of worshippers will hold a short service on Good Friday at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a year after it was devastated by fire, but attendance will be limited because of a lockdown during the coronavirus outbreak. 

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This year, there will be no robust Passover seders, the kind that created such strong memories for me. Ah, look at all the lonely people. But my experience taught me that it doesn’t have to be lonely. Even on one’s own, a seder can be filled with learning and song and food and positivity; it can lead us to better appreciate those whom we miss, and to remember those who sometimes return to us when we have a quiet moment to reflect.

Next year, we will be together again. And when future generations tell the story of Passover, perhaps they will recount that one Passover when we were isolated from each other, but managed to keep it together.

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Millions of American Christians will observe Palm Sunday at home this weekend, as the vast majority of U.S. churches have moved services online to comply with stay-at-home rules.

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Officers of the Los Angeles Police Department now have a place to rest and recuperate between 12-hour shifts amid the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation, the Police Foundation, several businesses and numerous volunteers.