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Further misadventures ensue, during which Sharon flunks a religion course at the University of Hawaii. She finds herself reluctantly drawn toward the Jewishness that is her birthright, even though her upbringing was secular. Providentially--just maybe--she receives a letter from the long-lost Gary, who is studying the Torah in Jerusalem. Unannounced, Sharon flies there to join him and to narrow her search: "This is the ancient city of Jerusalem; I'm going to get some answers." Alas, Gary is too absorbed in his research to have time for her, and the answers don't arrive...
Well, too bad. The Ivy's automatic bid to the tournament is no one's birthright. And this league needs some shaking...
...insider/outsider. Walker, now 31, employed her obvious intellect and political convictions several years ago in co-founding Third Wave, an activist organization for women ages 15 to 30, but in this book she seems too enmeshed in the raw emotions of her early years to take advantage of her birthright...
...their own" [SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Is this decision in the best interests of the child? Would any child choose such a situation over having a traditional mom and dad? Which is morally more fundamental: the woman's "right" to motherhood by any means necessary or the child's birthright to both a father and a mother? EDWARD P. WITMAN Toms River...
...other hand, the custom of treating succession as a birthright obviously goes way beyond countries that actually label themselves monarchies. The other ruler-by-inheritance in the news lately is Kim Jong Il of North Korea. He didn't have to go through any of that nonsense either...