Stoll' of a _Vca. Ruth mid a Con-gi'ft's Identity

A nest Ruth has: emerged —
autobiographically &pis ted in sort
of a dialogue by a - converc .th
her l'hinstian antrgonist ,

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autobiography
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Publishers
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name given to the author, MISS
Nancy McMurray, who was born
and raised in• the then Belgian
i':•ngo Shy has been teaching in
Washington. after graduating from
Nlary Baldwin College and liar
sard, and retained Voss a as a urn-
., fessional signature
Iler 'story is about a girl who
wishes and dix's comer( to Juda-
e:m It is the transformation that
forms the dialogue ooh the Chris-
tians who challenge her decision.
The book is in the form of pic-
tures it is a cartoon story, at-
testing to the authors skills both
as a writer and illustrator. It is
for adults, although cartoon-wise
It looks like a juvenile. It enter ,
tains and is instructively thought-

provgkuig

You a is the new Ruth. She is
in search of identity and the
manner in SS hi, II she finds it in
the Jewish te,o hings, thus be-
coming a new Ruth, is most
fascinating.
V,ss a is grommt for a truth she
ran zn'ye;•, for a belief she can
follow, and in her gradual ap-
proach to Judaism, in the steps
she takes, she reveals not only
herself but her conflict which she
resolves against the great odds are
seen in- the obstacles placed in

her path
She begins with a confrontation.
She addresses the Almighty, as-
serts that she would not give up
her African name or family code,
she would retain Vow - a, but wishes
it had meant beloved.
There is almost a clue to her
having become Ruth because the
name does mean beloved.

From Confrontation, the wader

is taken to the Conversion.
marked by the confrontation be-
tween Jews and ('hristians.
Vowa's decision henceforth to
address the Almighty as a Jew

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beginning July 1, State Depart-
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said. This compares with $4 5 , 000.-
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year ending June 30.
studies "The History of the Chris-
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ish People," and this is where
synagogue and church are defined,
Ruth of Moab is drawn upon, the
question is posed whether she finds
tar
it hard to be a Jew, and she re-
plies: "Well, of course, it must be
hard. But I am at least comfort-
able v. itht Jews because they live
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soon, the new Ruth is in the
synagogue, at a pulpit looking into
a Scroll of the Torah. While the
contrast is introduced, between
the Christian view and the Jewilh,
Yowa becomes jubilant, she has
found her way to "the land of
milk and honey" in "less than 40
years," and the new name, "Ruth,"
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