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Kabbalah, the mystical branch of Jewish study with such followers as Britney Spears and Madonna, is coming to Harvard...
...London, and an unspecified synagogue. There were also plans for "hijacking a gasoline tanker and smashing it into a building." The British cell leader, Dhiren Barot--a.k.a. Issa al-Hindi--traveled to New York City in early 2001, according to The 9/11 Commission Report, "to case potential economic and 'Jewish' targets." U.S. officials hope to learn from the continuing investigation whether a sleeper cell remained in the U.S. to carry out these missions. --By Adam Zagorin and Elaine Shannon
...childlike pleasure" in seeing his books on shop shelves with those of writers he admired - and of the "thrill" of "moving McCarthy's Bar in front of Bill Bryson before anyone catches you." DIED. JACQUES DERRIDA, 74, French philosopher and intellectual demigod; in Paris. Born into a Jewish family in Algeria, he earned his reputation in the 1960s and '70s with a series of philosophical works that combined daunting academic virtuosity with an enlightened playfulness. A man of immense charm, he was the godfather of deconstruction, a critical approach that emphasizes ambiguity; self-reference and multiple, shifting meanings; and unravels...
...learned at my high school classmate’s Orthodox Jewish wedding this summer, the prohibition of premarital sex can be a driving force towards marriage. If Becca and Michael had traveled in my college circles, they likely would have been no strangers to midnight treks up Garden Street and “sleeping” through morning classes. They didn’t travel in my circles, though, and inside sources tell me that they weren’t familiar with such scenarios. If they were, who knows if they would have gotten married? I certainly couldn?...
...Almighty and that I must do as many good deeds as possible. I realize that is not true for extremists like Osama bin Laden, but millions of other people of faith and a majority of Muslims feel the way I do. Just because some terrorists happen to be fundamentalists (Jewish, Christian and Muslim) doesn't mean all fundamentalists and God-fearing people are terrorists. Ehsan Poonawalla New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. It is good that TIME highlighted the fact that there are moderate Muslims who denounce Islamic terrorism and strive for a more tolerant and open interpretation of Islam. Sadly...