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"Rosh Hashanah," painting © Gloria Abella Ballen, from The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet by Gloria Abella Ballen. www.abellaballen.com/

"Rosh Hashanah" from The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet

The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet by Gloria Abella Ballen. www.abellaballen.com/

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By Ron Duncan Hart Is America in crisis? The religious right is telling us that we are. It is true that there is a crisis in religious circles. The number of adults identifying as Protestants has dropped from 69 percent in 1948 to 34 percent today. Membership in mainline churches

FALL Issue ~Table of Contents ~ New Mexico Jewish Journal Volume 1 Number 3 ELUL 5785

FALL Issue ~Table of Contents ~ New Mexico Jewish Journal Volume 1 Number 3 ELUL 5785

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