Themes: The Jewish festival of Shavuot; the Bible story of Ruth and Naomi; loyalty; welcoming others. Ruth: Yes, my first husband was Jewish and from here - in Bethlehem. He moved to Moab with his ...

While Douglass had to part with his friends to survive, in the book of Ruth, the opposite decision is made. The story, read on Shavuot, begins with the widowed Israelite Naomi’s farewell to her ...