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The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yona Metzger is calling upon Jews through out the world to unite in prayer for the soldiers of Israel. The prayer will occur on August 1, 2006, this Tuesday, at 7:00pm Israel time. Following is a link to the website, which has been setup for each person who chooses to participate, to add their name to those who will join this prayer: http://www.tfila.org.il/
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THOUGHTS FROM THE PROGRESSIVE FAITH BLOGCON What a wonderful experience it was!! Tremendous, respectful, energizing people with specific tools to help each other. I am excerpting a post of XPatriatedTexan 's because he so masterfully said what I think many of us there were thinking: Like many of you, I have grown tired of hearing my faith attached to issues that I find to be tangential, positions that I find untenable, and to a vitriolic glee that I find unholy. I find myself unable to remain on the sidelines, quietly working to lead by example alone. When I began looking for someone to speak for me publicly, I found myself again and again looking into the mirror. As imperfect a tool as I saw looking back at me, it was the only tool I had at my disposal. YES!! As a mom of twins who are getting old enough to ask me a lot of questions about not only God (they are being raised Christian by my agreement with their father - while I go on with my stop & start conversion) and questio
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With Kudos to Mystical Politics "I wonder how Mr. Chirac would react if French territory was being shelled from a neighboring state and French citizens being killed and injured by rocket fire? I doubt he would be so sanguine about the lives of his own country's citizens." Link here Israel - we are praying for you!!
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Progressive Faith Blog-Con I will be attending the first Progressive Faith Blog-Con this weekend in Montclair, N.J. with fellow blogger Iddybud and others.
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TOM FRIEDMAN - REDUX CLICK HERE: AN OPEN LETTER TO TOM FRIEDMAN ANOTHER FRIEDMAN 'WINNER' HERE Kudos to Eschaton ... as always. BECAUSE I'M BAD, I'M BAD - YEAH YEAH!!
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AT SEVENTEEN by Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens and high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces lacking in the social graces desperately remained at home inventing lovers on the phone who called to say – come dance with me and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems at seventeen A brown eyed girl in hand me downs whose name I never could pronounce said – Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve The rich relationed hometown queen marries into what she needs with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game lose the love they sought to gain in debentures of quality and dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due exceeds accounts