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April 26, 2001
Everyday Hebrew
Meseret Rubin started learning modern Hebrew for the sake of her family.
Divine Love Diluted
James Carroll loves the Roman Catholic Church. Unfortunately, the church he loves isn\’t the church he has. Carroll yearns for that short, winsome time when he was ennobled by liberation theology, Vatican II and his bold opposition to the war in Vietnam. But the hopes of that moment faded away as first Pope Paul VI and, later, Pope John Paul II extinguished John XXIII\’s reformist platform.
A Charmed Existence
Amy Gerstler lights up as she describes the physical rush it gives her.
Backstage Beshert
\nWhen USC freshman Cynthia Gross asked professional director Anthony Barnao to mentor her new L\’Chaim Theatre Ensemble, he was blunt.
Chinese Box
So there\’s a fairy-tale wedding: a thousand guests in a flower-filled ballroom, a dozen violins playing Mozart, a grainy-voiced singer belting out an old Persian love song. The bride is 20 years old and ravishing, of course, but she\’s also blessed with charm and charisma, the kind of exuberance that turns heads and drags stares behind her. She\’s been breaking hearts since she was 14 years old and walked into a cousin\’s wedding in a frilly white dress and a wide lace headband. Now she dances on stage, next to the singer with the forlorn music, and the crystal beads on her wedding gown glow like fireflies in the dark.
Out of Bounds
A New York Knicks basketball player has more to worry about this week than his team\’s current opponent in the NBA playoffs — despite his apology.
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