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The People of the…

Posted on 2009/09/06 by davka

We have been called a Peo­ple of the Book for near­ly 1400 years. We did not invent the term. It was giv­en to us (as well as to Chris­tians) by our cousins the Mus­lims. Nonethe­less, even as our tech­nolo­gies move us … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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are you slow to fast?

Posted on 2009/08/03 by davka

fast­ing for dar­fur As not­ed in an ear­li­er post on this blog, on the 26 of Sivan 5769 (cor­re­spond­ing to June 17–18, 2009) I fast­ed to call atten­tion to the con­tin­u­ing geno­cide in Dar­fur. One of my reg­u­lar read­ers shared a com­ment … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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