Word: yom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rest of his muddled account, ascribes to Israel the fault for circumstances created almost wholly by her enemies. During the 1960s, Israel justifiably prided itself on its extensive and program for undeveloped African states. Israeli advisers and technicians were active all over Africa. But then came the Yom Kippur War (one thing, at least, that Mr. Kurzman does not have the audacity to blame on Israel), and the Arab oil embargo in 1973. Suddenly deciding to cast its lot with its (newly rich) "Arab brethren." Black Africa broke off relations with Israel and began voting as a block with...
...Yom Kipper War? We all know that Israel would start a war on the holiest day of the year, with the intention of wiping itself off the face of the earth. All countries secretly desire to evaporate in self-immolation...
...when the University scheduled freshman registration on Yom Kippur, 1980 when the University refused minority students a Third World Center, and last year when the Freshman Dean's Office denied minority organizations access to the Freshman Calendar, the Commencement date contradicted the University's self-espoused treatises on diversity. Although the Administration claims to embrace pluralistic, ideals, many of its actions put minority groups on the defensive...
...formal practice of confession goes back thousands of years in Judeo-Christian tradition. Jewish Scripture and liturgy include ancient prayers of confession of sins, and the most solemn period in Judaism's ceremonial calendar is Yom Kippur, the annual Day of Atonement. In Catholic Christianity the sacrament reached its classic form by the 11th century; five centuries later the custom developed of holding confession in a booth, with penitent and priest speaking to each other through an opening in a partition. So strict is the privacy that a Catholic priest is forbidden even to reveal knowledge about crimes acquired...
...spent most of Rosh Hashanah hanging out in the Sports Cube, ate junk food on Yom Kippur, but you can be sure I was appropriately reverent when Guy Lafleur came over the boards and left a spray of snow as he dashed toward the Detroit Red Wings...