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The Week 28% of U.S. respondents plan to visit a museum this fall—especially this Succos.
The Art Institute of Chicago founded in 1879, was named the most-liked museum in the U.S. in TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice awards for the second consecutive year. This year, it was also named the world’s favorite. The awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers from the last 12 months. The most-reviewed museum on the list, with 14,999 reviews, was the New York Metropolitan Museum which locked down the No. 3 spot in the U.S. and No. 7 worldwide. Here are the top ten museums in the United States. Have you been to them all? 1. Art Institute of Chicago 2. Getty Center, Los Angeles 3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC 4. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans 5. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 6. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. 7. USS Midway Museum, San Diego 8. Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle 9. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ 10. Newseum, Washington, D.C. If you’re traveling around the world, here are the top ten museums in the world for you to visit: 1. Art Institute of Chicago 2. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City 3. State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 4. The Getty Center 5. Galleria dell’Accademia/Statue of David, Florence, Italy 6. Musee d’Orsay, Paris 7. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 8. The Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece 9. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain 10. Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem
In News Air Force: “G-d” is Optional Under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, every American citizen has the right of Freedom of Religion. This tenet is the basis of the Air Force’s recent decision to change a long-standing policy. Airmen will be permitted to omit the words “so help me G-d” from their enlistment oaths if they choose.
The decision came after an airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada struck out the words on his Department of Defense reenlistment paperwork and ran up against a policy that prohibits omissions. Attorney Monica Miller of the American Humanist Association is representing the airman, who she says has requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. Miller says that her client was told by his commanders on August 25 that he must recite the phrase or leave the Air Force. The case reached the Department of Defense General Counsel, which issued an opinion on Wednesday saying the language could be left out if the airman preferred.
Occupy Wall Street Movement Tackles Student Debt
While they’ve certainly quieted down in recent months, the Occupy Wall Street movement is alive and kickin’. The crusade for the 99% just celebrated its third anniversary. As part of their celebrations, they are applauding their first