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Kabbala goes to yeshiva By MATTHEW WAGNER Devoted study of Jewish mystical literature is quickly gaining momentum in the haredi world. Related: Kabbala's origin and the mystical library

A stitch across time and borders By LAUREN GELFOND FELDINGER Embroidery empowers Palestinian women in distress. In the temple of trivia By TALYA HALKIN A wildly popular Russian trivia game gets a Jewish twist, and draws immigrants closer to tradition. An eskimo in Israel By LESLIE SCHACHTER Eric Knutsen was an Alaskan Aleut harbormaster, but became a Jerusalem barber. MORE IN THIS SECTION Kabbala's origin and the mystical library By MATTHEW WAGNER Arrivals: From Washington Grove, Maryland to Jerusalem By ERICA CHERNOFSKY Thank you for your cooperation By LARRY DERFNER Our own 9/11? By ERIK SCHECHTER Trading places By ZEV STUB America Readies for the Worst By ERIK SCHECHTER Weapon of Mass Hysteria By ERIK SCHECHTER Christians under cover By LAUREN GELFOND FELDINGER The building blocks of peace By TALYA HALKIN Out of toon By LAUREN GELFOND FELDINGER Frontier justice By BRENDA GAZZAR Writing in the margins By ERIK SCHECHTER Mitzna to the rescue By LARRY DERFNER Home on the (firing) range By JENNY HAZAN Updated March 9, 2006 10:27 IST

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