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...Jewish wedding ceremony requires two witnesses unrelated to either party, and when the couple chose a rabbi for the wedding, he helped them find someone appropriate for the job of witness...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Bring Life to Dead Weeks | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

...Boston University-based rabbi called Rabbi Hershy Zarchi, a peer at Harvard, who in turn contacted Gruenhut, an Orthodox Jew with some free time on his hands before Commencement...

Author: By Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Bring Life to Dead Weeks | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

...Complete the following joke: A priest and a rabbi meet while they are out walking their dogs. They are old friends. The priest is walking a Golden Retriever, the rabbi a Chihuahua. They decide to go to a nearby restaurant for lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cancel the Campaign! Let's Play 'Who Wants to Be a President'! | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...were working on Wall Street, he would be called a Mover. So the fact that this 19-year-old drug dealer decides to launch a campaign to become a New York City councilman doesn't seem a stretch. Especially since his mentors are themselves unconventional--Spencer Throckmorton, a black rabbi, and Inez Nomura, a Japanese-American activist. Beatty's second novel (The White Boy Shuffle was his first) is like an extended rap song, its characters recounting struggle and survival with the bravado of hip-hoppers. But then, that's exactly the attitude you need to be a Mover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tuff By Paul Beatty | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

Best friends since middle school, Brian Finn (Edward Norton) and Jake Schram (Ben Stiller) are single and successful young men living on New York's Upper West Side. Both men are completely committed to their faith, and equally committed to their respective congregations as a priest and a rabbi. Thinking of themselves as a modern "God Squad, like the new cops who want to shake up the precinct," each tries to enliven their services when the energy level begins to ebb by spicing up their sermons with stand-up comedy. At one point, Jake actually says, "But seriously, folks...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tired Joke Breeds Stale Comedy | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

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