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Newly written polydox texts for children banish Bible stories as unedifying and untrue. Youths are taught that Abraham did not enter the Promised Land be cause of a covenant with God but because of a drought in Ur. Instead of the bar mitzvah (son of the commandments) rite, the polydox now use the baal mitzvah (master of the commandments), signifying that a youngster is able to decide for himself what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jews with Nobody to Worship | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...writing ability, he has none. Jokes that aren't funny. References that make sense only to those who were invited to his Bar Mitzvah. Not enough cliches. To tell the truth, I can't think of anything about him I like...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Turning the Beat Around | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...Eagles went berserk, scoring three goals in each of the last two stanzas. Only a couple of the tallies were of the spectacular variety-the rest just seemed to cement the fact that this was Harvard's most dreadful night on the ice since George Burns's bar mitzvah...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watson Rink Fiasco: B.C. Blanks Harvard, 7-0 | 12/13/1977 | See Source »

YALE at PRINCETON: The Tigers haven't defeated Yale since a year or two before my Bar Mitzvah, and it's about time for some of those $18.75 savings bonds to be cashed...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: What Can You Do But Sigh? | 11/5/1977 | See Source »

...Mitzvah as Coach...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Ivy League Lacrosse Title Chase Heats Up; Revenge-Minded Harvard Hosts Brown Today | 4/16/1977 | See Source »

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