MASADA EXPERIENCE REKINDLES RABBI'S FERVOR, PRIDE

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: April 30, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

STEPHAN M. WYLEN
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-30-1998
MASADA EXPERIENCE REKINDLES RABBI'S FERVOR, PRIDE
By STEPHAN M. WYLEN
Date: 04-30-1998, Thursday
Section: RELIGION & VALUES
Edition: All Editions -- 2 Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
Column: POINT OF VIEW

I am a rabbi leading a worship service in one of the most rugged,
beautiful, and inhospitable locations on Earth. The worshipers are
seated on stone benches carved two millennia ago, our heads protected
from the sun by a modern thatch roof. I have never felt so happy and
fulfilled as in this unlikely place.

I am in ...

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