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Four stories for the start of Hanukkah

Four stories for the start of Hanukkah

National Public Radio commissioned four short stories to commemorate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which begins Tuesday at sundown.

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Michelle Shocked's spiritual journey

Michelle Shocked's spiritual journey

When a punk rock feminist folk singer finds Jesus, the result is a beautiful live gospel album.

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Coleman presses Thai ambassador on Hmong graves

In 2005, a videotape surfaced showing workers in Thailand exhuming Hmong graves at the Wat Tham Krabok refugee camp, dismembering bodies, removing the bones, and throwing the remains into open graves.
by Toni Randolph

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Priest puts L.A.'s ex-gang members to work

Rev. Greg Boyle is the founder of Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, an organization that gives jobs to young men and women who agree to give up the gang life.

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Howard Jacobson spins a world from 'Kalooki Nights'

Howard Jacobson spins a world from 'Kalooki Nights'

Kalooki is central to British novelist Howard Jacobson's new book. It's a card game in which no one really knows the rules. Jacobson says it's a great way to describe the British Jewish community where he grew up, and he uses it in his new comic novel "Kalooki Nights."
by Euan Kerr

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Day of the Dead celebrates life

Day of the Dead celebrates life

Day of the Dead is celebrated Thursday all across Latin America and one Minneapolis non-profit is mounting a celebration of its own.
by Roseanne Pereira

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Recounting the Holocaust by podcast

Recounting the Holocaust by podcast

Until now, the iPod has not been much of a gateway to history. That's changing, in part because of a Holocaust survivor in Little Canada, a criminal justice professor at St. Cloud State University, and a small group of broadcasters with the vision to use podcasts to bridge generations.
by Bob Collins

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Open Eye Figure Theatre opens a new home

Open Eye Figure Theatre opens a new home

A new theatrical venue quietly opened in south Minneapolis recently. It's the new home for Open Eye Figure Theatre. It's a small operation. Yet the company is expected to have a big impact on the local theater scene.

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Rabbi Kushner's advice to the disappointed

Harold Kushner has counseled many people going through disappointing times of their lives in his work as a rabbi. The bestselling author spoke about his new book of advice, "Overcoming Life's Disappointments," Tuesday at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.

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The true lesson of Moses

The true lesson of Moses

Using Moses as an example, author and Rabbi Harold Kushner urges people to learn and gain strength from their disappointments. The key, he says, is not to let unfulfilled dreams convince you that you're a failure.

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