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...around to his family members and handed out crisp money from his billfold. For New Year's Eve, he did something he hasn't done in seven years: he worked. Then he went back to Brooklyn to watch the ball drop on TV with his mother. They said a prayer for the new year, and he went home...
...strong Shouters, who yell out a condensed version of the Lord's Prayer during their services, are one of many underground Protestant groups that have flourished in China in recent years, circumventing the state-supported Catholic and Protestant churches. That makes their meetings (often in basements or abandoned buildings) illegal, but many of the devout want little to do with "patriotic" churches. "How can I believe in a Jesus who has to listen to leaders in Beijing?" asks an underground preacher from Henan province, who leads a group of Shouters. "My Jesus does not have any masters...
...seems like its a fair compromise that effectively balances the views of the halakic [traditional] Jews with those who feel the need for non-gender-specific prayer in a pluralistic setting,” Dan Kaan ’05 said...
Community-wide decisions of this nature are unusual at Hillel, as most ritual practices occur in the individual prayer groups of its many denominations, including Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Meals are among the only events involving rituals that the whole community takes part...
...decision whether to include the word “matriarch” alongside “patriarch” in certain prayers, for instance, was made by each prayer group individually...