Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although only about 15% of Israelis are religiously observant, the state basically follows Orthodox precepts in such matters as marriages and conversions. They insist that a convert's training be supervised by an Orthodox teacher. Accordingly, Interior Minister Peretz told Miller to undergo an Orthodox conversion. She refused and filed suit...
...fourth year graduate student in the Department of Economics, David Corbett said that he has Sen lecture and praised the scholar's teaching abilities. Corbett said, "Sen is not your typical orthodox economist, and he is someone the department really needs...
...need a planchette to deduce that an exhibition which demonstrates as clearly as this one how great painters like Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky conceived their art in terms of thought forms, astral vibrations and hidden cosmic symbolism is bound to attract a far larger audience than any orthodox show of abstract...
...wave of church closings between 1958 and 1964. But believers are allowed to worship in the buildings that remain open so long as they register their congregations with the government and do not challenge Communist bans on parish education, evangelism and distribution of Christian literature. Several high-ranking Russian Orthodox ecclesiastics have recently been seen on TV newscasts, usually appearing as supporters of the Kremlin's disarmament policies. Severe persecution is aimed primarily at groups such as those Pentecostalists and Baptists who refuse to accept Soviet controls...
...implemented, Mendelsohn's suggestions would undoubtedly lead to a judicially prescribed religious orthodoxy, with the potential for discrimination against believers of any persuasion. To guard against just this eventuality, the Supreme Court has declared that "no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in matters of politics, nationalism, religion, or other matter of opinion." Alan D. Viard, GSAS Bill O'Keefe, Kennedy School Stephen Sally, GSAS