The Last Supper

Andy Warhol as a gay artist in conflict with his Catholic faith

By Jillian Cheney — November 19, 2021
(RNS) — A new show at the Brooklyn Museum presents the pop-art master as a man caught between his Catholic faith and his queer identity. 

A new book explores the evolution of the DIY handbook for Passover

By Yonat Shimron — April 8, 2020
(RNS) — Vanessa Ochs’ new book, ‘The Passover Haggadah: A Biography,’ recounts how this wine-stained ritual manual, handed to each participant around the seder table, evolved. And no, she doesn’t think the coronavirus will emerge as the 11th plague.

Site of Jesus’ Last Supper a point of contention for some Israeli Jews

By Michele Chabin — May 20, 2014
JERUSALEM (RNS) Located on Mount Zion, the Cenacle is where Jesus held the Last Supper. It sits directly above David’s Tomb, the place many Jews believe the biblical King David is buried.
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