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...Western Wall, Judaism's most sacred place, which they have just liberated. "There was such a euphoria of survival after the war," he recalls. "But it brought on the first seeds of messianism. Israelis started to say 'Who are we to give away this [captured] land, this gift of God?' " That was the turning point, says Rubinger. "Religious extremists on both sides think that God is with them...
...path to victory has not been a flawless one. The team acknowledges that for many, the term “Harvard cheerleader” is the ultimate oxymoron. Cheerleader Cassie E. Snow ’10 describes spectators’ reactions as, “Oh my god, Harvard has a cheerleading squad?! Oh my God, they have a GOOD cheerleading squad!” Besides general stereotypes and biases working against them, the cheerleading squad also had to deal with more concrete, technical issues, such as limited access to practice facilities and a shortage in funding—both...
...prayer he read was a simple and direct, a call for peace and comprehension: "God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth. Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred. God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such terrible events...
...Nazi Germany. Though he had spoken about the Holocaust on a visit in 2006, bringing it up in New York - and making it personal - carried a new significance. "My own years as a teenager were marred by a sinister regime that thought it had all the answers" and "banished God and thus became imperious to anything true and good." He told his young listeners to thank God that they had instead grown up in a society that promotes democracy and human rights, but warned that "the power to destroy does remain," embodied in social ills such as drug abuse, homelessness...
...metaphor for his message of the Christian quest. "The spires of Saint Patrick's church are dwarfed by the skyscrapers of the New York skyline, yet in the heart of this busy metropolis, they are a vivid reminder of the constant yearning of the human spirit to rise to God...