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Archive for January 6th, 2009

Jews in Yemen receive death threats

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Members of the Jewish community in Amran Governorate, Yemen, have been receiving death threats from Muslims for several weeks, but it’s gotten worse since Israel attacked Gaza.
On 4 January a number of schoolchildren attacked Jews with sticks and stones in Raydah District during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza, local Jews said.
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[Hayeem] Yaish [...]

The Epiphany

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

The collect for today, the Epiphany, or The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, who know thee now by faith, may be led onward through this earthly [...]