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Apr 09 2012

Begat

Defining Jews, Defining a Nation: Can Genetics Save Israel?

By Jeff Wheelwright, Mar 14 2012, 7:01 AM ET … Herzliya, a broad-beached ocean-side resort 10 miles north of Tel Aviv, is booming with construction — big hotels going up…  [more]

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Apr 08 2012

Alternative to Futility

Elton Trueblood on the Quaker experiment: a continuous ferment

By Monsieur d’Nalgar … (Note: this is adapted from an email to my pastor written in July 2006.)  About a week ago, I found a small book (or it found me) …  [more]

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Apr 07 2012

Happy Easter!

20 things Jesus never said

Observations on the life of faith from a candidate for the Office of Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), April 4, 2012 …
  1. Do you see that water over there? I’m about to turn
…  [more]

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Apr 07 2012

What must be said

Was gesagt werden muss

Das Gedicht von Günter Grass, 04.04.2012, 12:03 … Warum schweige ich, verschweige zu lange, was offensichtlich ist und in Planspielen geübt wurde, an deren Ende als Überlebende wir allenfalls Fußnoten sind. Es ist das behauptete Recht…  [more]

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Apr 05 2012

God, who has chosen us

We have not survived Pharaoh

By Yossi Sarid, 02:16 06.04.12 … From Passover 1968 to Passover 2012 not much has changed. It feels, in fact, like 44 years have not gone by since we celebrated the first festival of…  [more]

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Apr 04 2012

Ghosts of its own history

An illustrated account of the 1949 coup—possibly CIA-assisted—that plunged the country into decades of political turmoil.

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Apr 04 2012

Total immersion

Easter Before the Bunny

By , 04/ 3/2012 10:46 am … Before the Easter Bunny nibbled its way onto sacred turf, Easter was a very serious business.  In early Christian communities — in fourth century Milan, for instance…  [more]

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