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Orphan of Slain Rabbi in Mumbai Heads to Israel
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akornfeld
Jerusalem – “Mommy, mommy, mommy!” wailed little Moshe at a tearful memorial for his parents in Mumbai on Monday, before a plane carrying him, his caretaker and the bodies of the six Jewish victims of the Chabad House hostage siege took off for Israel – a place the curly-haired 2-year-old survivor of the terror attack…
NYC Cathedral Damaged in 2001 Fire Rededicated
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akornfeld
New York – African drums boomed and pipe organ music swelled as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opened for worship Sunday after years of cleanup from a fire that struck the world’s largest Gothic cathedral in 2001. The cathedral’s 98-year-old Skinner organ was played for the first time since the fire, heralding a…
On World AIDS Day, Bush Says US Effort Successful
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akornfeld
Washington – Marking World AIDS Day, President George W. Bush said Monday that his presidential initiative on the deadly disease already has met its goal of treating 2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. When the administration launched the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief in 2003, the goal was to support 2 million people with…
40 Years Later, Merton’s Legacy Looms Large
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nsymmonds
TRAPPIST, Ky. — Around the country for the next few weeks, many Roman Catholics will remember and honor the life of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who died 40 years ago on Dec. 10, 1968, in a freak electrocution accident. Merton, who influenced generations of believers with both his monastic lifestyle and his prodigious writings —…
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