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New book asks: Could Germany have a Jewish chancellor?
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - A new novel about a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Germany's first Jewish candidate for Chancellor has shed a timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has plagued the country since 1990 and was swept under the carpet for...Tags: Nazi Party, Arts and Culture, Elections, Politics, Judaism
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Community notes Friday, May 24, 2013
Religion briefs Alanson Church of the Nazarene’s “What’s Up” Sizzlin’ Summer Kickoff cookout is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the church. Bring your own meat to grill, and a dish to pass. There will be pony rides and a...Tags: Family Planning, Foods and Beverages, Arts and Culture, Services and Shopping, HIV
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Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales
ReutersANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as the country's brewing industry. The new law includes a ban on shops selling alcohol from 10pm to 6am,...Tags: Punishment, Ankara (Turkey), Islam, Turkey, Distilling and Brewing Industry
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Lexi Reightler's resistance familiar to Bethlehem Catholic coach Gary Mohylsky
Sitting on a picnic bench behind Bethlehem Catholic High School on a warm May day, Lexi Reightler turned and pointed to a parking lot. It was on that concrete on a cold day a few months earlier where the senior first tried clearing a hurdle at the...
Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Catasauqua, Track and Field
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Rock Attacks On Stained-Glass Windows Leave Tiny Derby Parish At A Loss
The Hartford CourantMultiple holes, fist-size and larger, now scar the stained-glass Nativity scene that for more than a century has graced the nave of Immanuel St. James Episcopal Church. Over two days in April, vandals hurled rocks through the scene's two big, color-...Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism
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Herz excited about taking over boys basketball at Posnack
Sun SentinelTo say that David Posnack Jewish Day School athletic director Danny Herz is excited to also be taking over as boys basketball coach would be putting it mildly. “I have a huge passion for high school basketball and coaching high school basketball,&...Tags: Basketball, High School Sports, Judaism, Sports, Robin Williams
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CIAC State Baseball Tournament Seedings, Schedule
CLASS LL FIRST ROUND No. 1 Xavier - Bye; No. 17 Staples (12-8) at No. 16 West Haven (12-8), 5/28, 3:30; No. 25 Kennedy (10-10) at No. 8 Trumbull (14-6), 5/28, 3:30; No. 24 Manchester (10-10) at No. 9 Shelton (14-6), 5/28, 3:30; No. 29 Newtown (8-12)...Tags: North Branford, Greenwich, Stratford, East Lyme, Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut)
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"Captain America" to kick off Upper Macungie's Movies in the Park June 14
Upper Macungie Township will host its Summer Movies in the Park series, starting Friday, June 14 with "Captain America: The First Avenger" at Lone Lane Park. The evening will begin with family fun, games, music and a puppet show at 7 p.m. inside the Life...Tags: Christianity, Macungie, Captain America: The First Avenger (movie), Allentown
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Syria opposition struggles to forge transition plan before talks
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria's divided opposition leaders have failed to back a plan by their outgoing leader for President Bashar al-Assad to cede power gradually to end the country's civil war, highlighting the obstacles to international peace talks...Tags: Revolutions, National Government, Christianity, Government, Iraq
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Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
ReutersGRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-...Tags: UPS Inc., Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Merck & Company Incorporated, Elections
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's...
Tags: Jesus Christ, Gays and Lesbians, Voting, Roman Catholicism, Christianity
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Q&A: Questions and answers about restrictions proposed on alcohol sales and ads in Turkey
Associated PressANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Ankara (Turkey), Government, United Arab Emirates, Islam
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