After a terrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the world is mourning damage to an architectural marvel and a holy space. This hour, we look at the interplay of religion and art. How can a physical structure like the cathedral carry such spiritual weight?We also take you on a visit to an exhibit by a Connecticut artist with Down Syndrome. His illustrations of the Ten Commandments explores one of the best-known stories from the Old Testament of the Bible in a new light.

And we hear from a master artist of Sephardic music, a Jewish cultural tradition that was nearly wiped out during the Holocaust.

Does art shape your religious experience, or the way you think about your cultural traditions? 

<p>After a terrible fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the world is mourning damage to an architectural marvel and a holy space. This hour, we look at the interplay of religion and art. How can a physical structure like the cathedral carry such spiritual weight?</p>
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<p>And we hear from a master artist of Sephardic music, a Jewish cultural tradition that was nearly wiped out during the Holocaust.</p>
<p>Does art shape your religious experience, or the way you think about your cultural traditions?&nbsp;</p>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

<p>Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about"><em>Where We Live'</em></a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.</p>

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

<p>Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about"><em>Where We Live'</em></a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.</p>
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