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Samaritans straddle Arab and Israeli cultures
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-10-2004
Samaritans straddle Arab and Israeli cultures
By MICHELE CHABIN, Religion News Service
Date: 06-10-2004, Thursday
Section: RELIGION
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MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank - Dressed in flowing robes of the type their ancestors wore thousands of years ago, the 670 people in the world who call themselves Samaritans gathered on this lonely mountain one eveni...
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