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…— Home At Last The nomadic Congregation Shir Tikvah joyfully dedicates its new temple. JULIE EDGAR News Editor JOSHUA KRISTAL Photographer 1 is name is apt: Song of Hope. The spark was ignited in 1982, months before the tiny Troy Jewish Congregation was offered a temporary home at a Lutheran church. Five years later, con- gregants moved to Northminister Presbyterian Church, which they called home for 11 years. A year after that, in 1988, ...…
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…COMMUNITY VIEWS Students Promote Spiritual Harmony s part of this year's fifth annual Dove Award dinner hosted by the Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Chris- tian Studies, three student essay con- test winners were honored. Their theme was the theme of this year's dinner: "From Vision to Reali- ty. ” A The Institute is dedicated to help- ing children and adults learn more about each other's spirituality and to respect each other's beliefs. ...…
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…Valor And Victimization Israel's 50th drew too many negatives. ir at Israel's Jubilee, the headline will likely read "Profiles in Courage, Valor and Victimization." Typical were newspaper stories that provided a sentence or paragraph or two about Israel's accomplishments, but then devoted major space to nega- tive characterizations about Israel's sour or surly mood, enumerating the obligatory shopping list of social and political problems. ...…
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