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What will the world be like? Are there any realistic indicators of the better times coming? Insights courtesy of some big cats, little ants, and thumpers for Israel. Moshiach. A sneak preview. – by Arnie Gotfryd |
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2002 has been a remarkable year for Kamuniak, a lioness living in the Samburu National Reserve in Northern Kenya. Although she remains blissfully unaware of her celebrity status, she has earned more newspaper column inches and TV airtime than many of the world’s publicity hungry celebrities and politicians. |
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Inspired. Buoyant. Flying high. Terms describing a joyous spirit invoke the most invisible, yet most essential element of our natural environment – air. Indeed the breath of life is its defining quality, its very essence. And if air is emblematic of spirituality, the ultimate symbol of spiritual power should be that which dominates the skies. And so it is in Judaism. |
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One of the most potent images in the song of Ha'azinu is the image of the eagle hovering over his nest of fledglings (Deuteronomy 32:11). In this metaphor, God, the eagle, comes to waken the fledglings in his nest, hovers over them, spreads his wings over them and finally lifts them on his wings in redemptive flight through the sky. |
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It's a wonder of nature. Every spring, billions of birds of hundreds of species, traverse thousands of miles from their winter foraging grounds to their summer nesting grounds. Then, every fall, they gather together and wing their way back to precisely whence they came. |
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How do we judge people with faith? Naive? Gullible? Brainwashed? Mindless? Indoctrinated? Out-of-touch with reality? Dangerous? |
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Ecology 
