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...look at it from a demographic viewpoint, my district is 50 percent Latino, and they’re not electing Latino representatives. The representatives are Jewish or African-American,” Bernace said, adding, “I’m trying to represent the whole neighborhood...
...simply by reaching out to 13-year-olds, churches are catching up with an idea that reflects both ancient tradition and modern psychology. Thirteen may seem like a rudderless age, especially in the oversaturated pop culture of today, but it can also be a time of deep faith. "The Jewish tradition--along with many others--recognizes that young people at this age are increasingly responsible for their life's direction," says Rabbi Goldie Milgram, author of Make Your Own Bar/Bat Mitzvah. "But they also want the journey to have a deeper spiritual significance." Nearly two-thirds of 13-year-olds...
...heart of their religious beliefs. Sharon's plan has caused a crisis in religious Zionism, the messianic movement that has driven Israel's massive settlement expansion of the last three decades, by shattering its basic tenet - the secular Israeli state is no longer serving as a vehicle for restoring Jewish possession of the Biblical Land of Israel, which they believe is an essential condition for the coming of the Messiah...
...term outsider art could have been invented for Eduard Bersudsky. In 1958, as a bored Jewish student in Leningrad, his flippant offer to do his work placement "as far away as possible" earned him a lesson on how far that could be in the Soviet Union: a coal mine in Russia's Arctic north and an army call-up. A stammerer since childhood, Bersudsky was bullied by his colleagues, and he finally stopped speaking entirely...
...knitting a sweater is too old hat, consider a new way to add a crafty touch to your wardrobe: a shoemaking workshop. Classes at New York City's Jewish Community Center and at ShoeSchool in Port Townsend, Wash., teach the basics of lasts, vamps and skins--everything you need to make your own one-of-a-kind creation...