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...Symbols are tricky. They mean different things to different people. In France, those wearing a head scarf, yarmulke or crucifix see these adornments as symbols of personal devotion to Islam, Judaism or Catholicism. But members of the French political and intellectual establishment regard them as deliberate challenges to the secular nature of the republic. Americans, meanwhile, think of skyscrapers as testaments to the can-do spirit of American capitalism. (The Empire State Building was erected during the Great Depression!) Islamic fundamentalists, as we learned two years ago, see skyscrapers as idolatrous emblems of a society that serves Mammon rather than...
...split personality disorder could ever be a good thing, Blaine G. Saito embodies this possibility. A self-described “mish-mash of pulls,” he’s constantly torn in multiple directions—culturally, intellectually, spiritually. As an Asian-American, Hawaiian convert to Judaism, Saito sees the world not in black and white, but something more akin to complementary colors, like orange and blue. For all this conflict, though, Saito manages to put his tensions to good...
Stephanie W. Levine ’00, who earned her Ph.D. in the field of American studies, recalls one of her many trips to the Hasidic community of Lubavitchers grouped in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Ardent followers of Orthodox Judaism, Lubavitchers form a sect of Hasidim especially known for their devoutness and desire to spread their doctrines to other Jews.As Levine sat in on a Hasidic synagogue on that trip, she says she noticed a young girl who prayed with particular fervor, and believed her to be “in the midst of a mystical experience...
...were not expecting such a blow, because here in Turkey, we have always proved Islam and Judaism can live harmoniously in a peaceful manner." AVI ALKAS, leader of Istanbul's Jewish community, after bomb blasts aimed at two synagogues killed more than 20 people...
Dubowski said that coming to terms with his sexuality “led me to spiritual questions.” Though raised in a less traditional conservative community, Dubowski found himself “drawn to explore Orthodox Judaism.” At this point he finds himself “falling into the margin” of Orthodoxy, “and that’s really the most exciting place...