Word: orthodox
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...both religions, and of his family. Attracted by the site, some 400 Israeli settlers, mostly religious extremists, live in enclaves amid Hebron's 100,000 Arabs. Mindful of a 1929 pogrom against Jewish Hebronites, the settlers fear that Palestinian self-rule will lead to their slaughter. Friedman, an Orthodox Jew from a settlement near Jerusalem, said he acted to stop any Israeli retreat in Hebron. Pumping his fist and grinning in triumph at reporters after his arrest, he repeated the nationalist chant "Hebron always and forever...
...changing attitudes among the ruling élite. Since Putin came to power, a new ideology has been taking shape that blends imperial nostalgia with the occasional careful nod to the Soviet Union's greatness under Stalin. These days the Kremlin honor guard wears 1812-era uniforms, and attending Orthodox church services is a good career move. Even the Stalin-era national anthem is back. Lenin, a ruthless but austere revolutionary, an enemy of empires and religion, is out of fashion. Denouncing him allows members of the new élite to recast themselves as standard bearers of imperial nostalgia...
Antiaging medicine is nothing new. What is remarkable, though, is its growth into an organized field, with journals, annual meetings and a concerted attempt by leaders to have it recognized as a legitimate specialty of orthodox medicine...
...that rendering unto Caesar and instead taking up the cross is the best route. This would entail a great deal more effort than belittling Israel, where the region as a wholeespecially the West Bankis woefully inhospitable to the followers of Christ. It might seem crazy or a little too orthodox, but actually bearing witness to Christs teachings and bringing them to new people might be a better way of offering Christian Witnessthe phrase the Presbyterian Church used to describe its campaignthan conducting a political hatchet job. Until the mainline denominations recognize that Christianitys power lies over mans soul...
...nomination in 2003, sitar prodigy Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi, has already made her mark on Indian classical music. For her fourth album, Shankar has allowed Midival Punditz's Gaurav Raina, acting as producer, to jettison the traditional sound of her earlier work in favor of something altogether less orthodox, just as her father teamed up with Beatle George Harrison a generation ago. The album's anchor remains Shankar's dreamy sitar, but it also draws on electronica, jazz, rock, and African rhythms. Best track: the mesmerizing...