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         <title><![CDATA[Jerusalem family tattoos pilgrims for centuries]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 18, 2013    



JERUSALEM -- Orthodox Christians visiting the Holy Land often return home with more than just spiritual memories. Many drop by a centuries-old tattoo parlor in Jerusalem's Old City, inking themselves with a permanent reminder not only of their pilgrimage but also of devotion to their faith.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Daniela Berretta and Ian Deitch, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 14:27:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Worship services]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 18, 2013    
Classes and worship services are Sundays unless noted. Please consult local church bulletins for prayer groups, Bible study groups, choir rehearsals, etc.



ADAMS



First Baptist | 15 Commercial St.	 743-5680



Sunday: 8:15 a.m., conversation and prayer; 9 a.m., Bible Class for adults and primaries; 10:15 a.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:59 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Israel's national Holocaust museum races to collect victims' names]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[REHOVOT, Israel -- With a hand on her chest, 82-year-old Rivka Fringeru battled back tears as she reeled off a list of names she has rarely voiced in the past 70 years: her father, Moshe, then her mother, Hava, and finally her two older brothers, Michael and Yisrael.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Aron Heller, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 16:54:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Northern Berkshire church services, May 11-12]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Classes and worship services are Sundays unless noted. Please consult local church bulletins for prayer groups, Bible study groups, choir rehearsals, etc.



ADAMS



First Baptist | 15 Commercial St.	 743-5680



Sunday: 8:15 a.m., conversation and prayer; 9 a.m., Bible Class for adults and primaries; 10:15 a.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 16:48:38 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mysterious Hebrew stone displayed in Jerusalem]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday May 4, 2013    



JERUSALEM -- An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what it means.



The so-called Gabriel Stone, a meter (three-foot)-tall tablet said to have been found 13 years ago on the banks of the Dead]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Daniel Estrin, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 4 May 2013 08:46:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 27, 2013    



JERUSALEM -- A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. 



Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely popular for opposing the long-standing preferential treatment enjoyed by the religious minority, is moving swiftly to slash state handouts to large families, compel lifelong]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Daniel Estrin, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:11:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Worship services]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 20, 2013    
Classes and worship services are Sundays unless noted. Please consult local church bulletins for prayer groups, Bible study groups, choir rehearsals, etc.



ADAMS



First Baptist | 15 Commercial St.	 743-5680



Sunday: 8:15 a.m., conversation and prayer; 9 a.m.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:04:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Warsaw marks 70 years since uprising in ghetto]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 20, 2013   



WARSAW, Poland -- Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising.



The mournful sounds marked the start of state ceremonies that were led by Polish Pre`sident Bronislaw Komorowski at the]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:03:50 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Congregational Church lists Meetinghouse series programs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 13, 2013    
WILLIAMSTOWN -- The First Congregational Church has announced upcoming programs for its "Second Hour @ the Meetinghouse" series. 



These events include an exploration of "Images and Sacred Space in Islam" on April 28, led by Holly Edwards of the Williams College Department of Art; Dr.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:05:19 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Amish gather a last time before prison terms start]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 13, 2013   



BERGHOLZ, Ohio -- The Amish schoolhouse quiets as students in first through eighth grades settle into tight rows of scuffed metal desks to begin singing, their voices rising and dipping like the surrounding hills.



A warm breeze carries the religious lyrics, in German, through the room's open windows and over the fields where their]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Kantele Franko, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:04:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday April 6, 2013    



GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side.



Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers argue that the new legislation, mandating gender separation in schools from age nine, enshrines common practice.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ibrahim Barzakand Dalia Nammari, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 6 Apr 2013 10:41:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mormons using lower mission age before college]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday March 30, 2013    


ALPINE, Utah -- Nick Emery -- a three-time Utah state champion and two-time state high school player of the year -- was courted by college basketball super-powers Kansas UCLA,  and North Carolina.



But the 6-foot-2-inch point guard spurned them all, and won't be playing basketball anytime soon.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Brady McCombs, Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:11:40 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Worship services]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday March 23, 2013    
Classes and worship services are Sundays unless noted. Please consult local church bulletins for prayer groups, Bible study groups, choir rehearsals, etc.



ADAMS



First Baptist | 15 Commercial St.	 743-5680



Sunday: 8:15 a.m., conversation and prayer; 9 a.m.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:35:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA['Second Hour' program  continues on Sunday]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday March 23, 2013    
WILLIAMSTOWN -- The First Congregational Church will continue the latest series in its "Second Hour @ the Meetinghouse" program at 11:15 a.m., Sunday, March 24, in the church's Fellowship Hall. 



Dr. Richard Q. Ford, a clinical psychologist practicing in Williamstown, will lead a discussion surrounding "The Parables of Jesus in Contemporary Settings.]]></description>
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         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:32:46 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lenten series offers reflection, soup dinner]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Saturday March 16, 2013  


ADAMS -- The Blessed John Paul Parish celebrated its second to last "Nights of Reflection/Soup and Silence" event Tuesday with a children's "Pizza and Prayer" night.



The program, which takes place over five consecutive Tuesdays in February and March, gives the Catholic community of Adams the opportunity to come together]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Nicole Knapp, North Adams Transcript</dc:creator>
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