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Dec. 28, 2011
Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, the leaders of the Omaha chapter of the Black Panther Party in the early 1970s, were framed for the murder of Omaha Police Officer Larry Minard as part of J. Edgar Hoover's clandestine, illegal counterintelligence operation known as COINTELPRO that targeted Black Panther Party leaders all over the United States. Although neither man had any connection to the murder of the young officer, both remain imprisoned for life.
by Michael Richardson
The murder of Omaha, Nebraska policeman Larry Minard over 40 years ago and the COINTELPRO-inspired investigation that followed landed two Black Panther leaders – Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa – in prison for life. The scapegoats came to be known as the "Omaha Two." In order to pin the police officer's murder on the two leaders of Omaha's Black Panther Party, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover gave a secret order to withhold a crime laboratory report on the identity of the anonymous caller that lured the 29-year-old policeman to his death.
Hoover directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 to his death in 1972. He also directed a secret, illegal, counterintelligence operation within the FBI from 1956 to 1971, codenamed COINTELPRO that targeted radical groups such as the Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society, and the American Indian Movement. COINTELPRO's stated aim was to destabilize these groups by either murdering their leaders or getting them convicted of felonies. (COINTELPRO is an acronym for Counterintelligence Program.)
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Five innocent people were convicted in February 1997 in the deaths of six Kansas City firefighters in 1988. These two stories run a total length of 20,000 words, and won the Missouri Bar Association's annual "Excellence in Legal Journalism" award. On Oct. 30, 1998, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal in the Kansas City Firefighters case. Read the full opinion here and our analysis of the opinion. On Oct. 4, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari in the case.
by J.J. Maloney
[Editor's Note: to read more about this case go to http://kcfirefighterscase.com ]
For many years Frank and Skip Sheppard were the Injun Joes of Marlborough - the down-on-its-heels neighborhood in southeast Kansas City where six firefighters were killed in an explosion Nov. 29, 1988. Like the character by that name in Tom Sawyer, they were perceived by many as evil characters in whose wake woe would surely follow.
These two brothers - large, forbidding Native Americans, scared people. When Skip Sheppard was in a car wreck that killed his fiancée and left him in a coma, some people said he deliberately drove in front of a truck to get rid of the fiancée.
So it's no surprise that Frank and Skip were among the early suspects in the firefighter case - and that Frank's girlfriend, Darlene Edwards, Frank's nephew Bryan Sheppard, and Bryan's best friend Richard Brown, would be included as well.
When the firefighter case had gone unsolved for eight years - and seemed incapable of being solved - these five became expendable.
April 4, 2013
D.B. Cooper
In November 1971 the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history occurred when an unidentified suspect commandeered a commercial jetliner and held its occupants for ransom. The case evolved into an American legend almost overnight because, as the authorities maintain, the culprit escaped by skydiving from the tail of the jetliner mid-flight with the ransom money tied around his waist. If that wasn't machismo enough it was also reported that he had bailed out at 10,000 feet into a nasty winter storm over impassable mountain terrain at night while wearing only a lightweight overcoat, business suit and slip-on loafers; or did he?....
by David Keller
On Thanksgiving day back in 1971 America woke up to the telling and retelling of the astonishing exploits of an innovative and daring outlaw that the world would soon come to know as D.B. Cooper. The now infamous extortionist had actually provided the name Dan Cooper as he commenced his dramatic plan to hijack a commercial airliner and hold its passengers and crew for ransom. The debonair initials were errantly submitted by a correspondent under pressure to make deadline and by the time the discrepancy had been discovered the swooning American public had heard it so often that retraction was pointless; besides the court of public opinion had already ruled that D.B. imparts a certain mystique befitting a death defying swindler.
The news broadcasts continually replayed what little information they had; that the previous day an unidentified man who had given the name Cooper to the airline ticket agent had gone on to boldly extort $200,000 in cash from Northwest Orient Airlines. He then evaded capture by leaping from the tail of the jetliner mid-flight with the cash tied around his waist. If that wasn't machismo enough, it was soon learned that the brazen skyjacker had bailed out at 10,000 feet into a nasty winter storm, over impassable mountain terrain, at night, wearing a lightweight overcoat, a business suit and a pair of slip on loafers. As they sat down to roast turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie, Americans across the nation saved room for all the makings of what would soon become a modern day American legend.
March 28, 2013
Dr. Donald C. Arthur
Dr. Donald C. Arthur parlayed a number of bogus academic degrees into an extremely successful career in the U.S. Navy, rising all the way to surgeon general of the Navy. He even had the nerve to wear a combat action ribbon as part of his official uniform at his retirement in 2007 despite never having been involved in combat.
by Michael Volpe
The book Stolen Valor was released with some fanfare in 1998. It detailed a bevy of individuals who falsely claimed combat action, especially during the Vietnam War. Since then, the Stolen Valor team, led by B. G. Burkett, has gained a reputation for exposing hucksters who falsely claim to have been in combat. Those individuals include Brian Leonard Creekmur, who falsely claimed to be a Navy Seal and sniper. Another individual exposed by the Stolen Valor team was Bill Hillar. Hillar falsely claimed to be a Green Beret and wound up being sentenced to 21 months in prison as a result.
In 2005, the Stolen Valor team began investigating Dr. Donald C. Arthur, then the surgeon general of the U.S. Navy. That's because Dr. Arthur was seen wearing a combat action ribbon as part of his official uniform at his retirement in 2007 even though there was no record he'd seen combat.
Feb. 18, 2013
To avoid race riots and the resulting negative impact on tourism, a succession of Bermudian government administrations has whitewashed the assassinations of Bermuda's governor and police chief in the early 1970s by a radical black-power group known as the Black Beret Cadre.
by Mel Ayton
During 1972 and 1973 the North Atlantic British colony of Bermuda, which had become a playground for vacationing Americans, was suddenly thrust into a climate of fear when a spate of murders, including political assassinations, occurred. Bermuda became the only British territory ever to have the Queen's representative murdered in cold blood and the first nation to suffer the violent effects of the importation of 1960s' American Black Power militancy.
The tragic events of the early 1970s had been viewed by many Bermudian politicians as a stain upon Bermuda's reputation as a haven for travellers and an island of tranquillity. This attitude prompted them to ignore the Black Power connection to the assassinations lest further investigations stir up trouble between the races and provoke island-wide riots. Political leaders were also afraid that the truth about the murders and the instability of its political system, which the killings exposed, would damage Bermuda's tourist industry which was its principle source of income.
Additionally, political leaders were embarrassed that a militant Marxist revolutionary organization, the Black Beret Cadre, which had been widely supported by many young Bermudians, was connected to the killings. The Black Berets, usually never attaining a membership of more than 100, modelled themselves on the American Black Panthers. In fact, many of its members had close connections with Black Panthers in the United States. Although two black Bermudians allied with the Berets were tried and executed for the murders, the weak response of the government in establishing a wider conspiracy effectively swept the whole affair under the carpet.
Feb. 11, 2013
Ted Kuhl
In 1997, Ted Kuhl was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering his girl friend, Janet Nivinski, in Loves Park, Illinois. Reporter Harriet Ford presents the case for his innocence.
by Harriet Ford
Just after midnight on December 6, 1996, Janet Nivinski, a 28-year-old, blue-eyed blonde, was murdered beside her car in the parking lot of a strip mall in Loves Park, Illinois, a small township located outside Rockford, Illinois in Winnebago County. The bullet that killed her was fired assassination style, six inches from her head.
During the last week of Janet's life, she had been investigating a discrepancy at Amcore Bank, where she was responsible for transferring large sums of money overseas. She spoke to a male friend about it. She was disturbed and said, "I can't say what it is right now, but something is not right at the bank." A bank employee was fired that week. Police interviewed him and dismissed him as a suspect.
An unknown man also stalked Janet a few weeks before her death. A neighbor woman became suspicious and jotted down the license number of his car, but this number was lost –one of several pieces of possible evidence to be misplaced.
Janet and her best friend Christa Peterson were planning to fly to California together in January. Janet's boyfriend, 48-year-old Ted Kuhl, surprised the two women with plane tickets, which he had purchased for them, possibly as an early Christmas gift.
Dec. 31, 2012
An excerpt from The Beverly Hills Supper Club: The Untold Story Behind Kentucky's Worst Tragedy by Robert D. Webster. This is the true untold story of what led to Kentucky's worst tragedy – a story of greed, corruption, deceit, mafia rule, government cover-ups, kidnapping, and even murder. In fact, this book details what should now be considered as the worst case of mass murder in United States history.
by Robert D. Webster
It seems to me it was a Wednesday night. I may be wrong, but I think that's when I received a telephone call that persuaded me to begin a project that would completely consume the next five years of my life. The man introduced himself as David Brock, but I certainly didn't know who he was. In search of an author, he had been given my name and telephone number by the staff at the Kenton County Public Library in Covington. I had written two other books and dozens of smaller articles on local history, and he was told that I might be the person to talk to. Before 30 seconds had elapsed in the call, he posed his simple question: "Would you be interested in writing another book?"
Thoughts quickly went through my mind, "Oh my gosh. If I start yet another book and spend more countless hours locked in my office, my wife's going to leave me." I had just finished a book detailing the history of the many movie theaters that had once graced the streets of our Northern Kentucky neighborhoods. In fact, my office was still filled with clutter left behind after months of necessary research for the publication. I had to admit, however, I was more than a little curious as to the topic. I had always been interested in local history and maybe this gentleman had a good idea. I asked, "What about?" His reply: "The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire."
At first, I thought I had dodged a bullet. While I didn't know everything there was to know about the fire, I certainly knew there had already been quite a lot written on the subject. The story was more than 30 years old, yet it was a topic that remained extremely familiar to residents throughout the region. Also, there had been very little written about the club's early history and that greatly intrigued me. The place was a speakeasy in the 1920s, serving illegal alcohol during the Prohibition era. From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, it was one of the largest illegal gambling casinos in the entire Midwest – owned and operated by members of the Cleveland syndicate. A concise account of the club's entire history might prove to be a great seller. However, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is best known for one particular event.
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I don't like most 'mainstream' perfumes because when they dry down there's a disappointing 'sameness' amongst most of them--to 'my' nose. I understand the basic principles in the formulation of 'personal fragrance'--e.g., Top, Middle, and Base notes--the latter being the most lingering--what you're left with after the stuff has been mingling w/your chemistry after a period of time.
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- | + | '''2.''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskets Baskets] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_weaving#Basketry_types Types of Baskets with photos] - [http://www.basketweaving.com/Basket%20Weaving%20Q&A.htm Basket Weaving FAQ]
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- | + | '''3.''' [http://www.basketweaving101.net/howto.htm Basket Weaving 101] shows color phots of each step of weaving a basket. | |
- | + | : [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_baskets/ Do It Yourself Bastetry Topics] - [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_baskets/article/0,2025,DIY_13744_2268349,00.html Basket Weaving] - [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_baskets/article/0,2025,DIY_13744_2268350,00.html Weaving Tips] - [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_baskets/article/0,2025,DIY_13744_2273099,00.html Basketry] | |
- | + | :Basketry kits for each project are available at your local [http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/storeloc.aspx Scout Shop] or online at [http://www.scoutstuff.org/ ScoutStuff.org] and other sites such as [http://www.countryseat.com County Seat].
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- | + | '''3b.''' The Round basket is easier for many than the square basket. Still consider the[http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/SearchPage.aspx?page=LIST&free_text|=Round%20Basket BSA Large Round Basket Kit]
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- | + | '''3c.''' [http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/SearchPage.aspx?page=LIST&free_text|=Campstool%20kit BSA Campstool Seat Kit]
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+ | : Note: Leave a gap between the campstool reeds the thickness of three reeds so that you will have room for the cross-pieces. | ||
+ | : The [http://catalog.countryseat.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1549 301 Rush kit] can be used for the campstool requirement but costs about twice as much as the BSA [http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/SearchPage.aspx?page=LIST&free_text|=Campstool%20kit Campstool Seat]. | ||
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== Related awards == | == Related awards == |
Revision as of 15:55, December 8, 2008
Basketry merit badge | ||
Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1927 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 027 | |
Requirements revision: | 2004 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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A FREE workbook for Basketry is available here! with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need! Or click here to print just the Basketry requirements. | meritbadge.org has PDF and DOC versions of Boy Scout merit badge workbooks, Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks. |
- Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
- "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
- While Basketry is fun, it also teaches patience and the importance of reading the directions before you start.
- Note that in 2004, a third basket was added to the requirements. Allow 10-20 hours to complete the three baskets.
- Basketry may now be difficult to complete during summer camp. Consider starting the baskets ahead of time.
- 3a. Save the more difficult square basket for last. Buy a larger kit like the BSA Square Basket so you have more room to work.
- 3b. The Round basket is easier for many than the square basket. Still consider the larger BSA Round Basket kit.
- 3c. Camp Stool: Leave a gap between the reeds the thickness of two reeds so that you will have room for the cross-pieces.
- Consider the BSA Campstool Seat kit.
Requirement resources
2. Baskets - Types of Baskets with photos - Basket Weaving FAQ
3. Basket Weaving 101 shows color phots of each step of weaving a basket.
- Do It Yourself Bastetry Topics - Basket Weaving - Weaving Tips - Basketry
- Basketry kits for each project are available at your local Scout Shop or online at ScoutStuff.org and other sites such as County Seat.
3a. Save the more difficult square basket for last. The Larger BSA Square Basket Kit is easier than the small one.
3b. The Round basket is easier for many than the square basket. Still consider theBSA Large Round Basket Kit
3c. BSA Campstool Seat Kit
- Note: Leave a gap between the campstool reeds the thickness of three reeds so that you will have room for the cross-pieces.
- The 301 Rush kit can be used for the campstool requirement but costs about twice as much as the BSA Campstool Seat.
Related awards
Art Awards Links - (Basketry is an applied art) Art-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Architecture - Art - Basketry - Bugling - Cinematography - Cooking - Graphic Arts - Indian Lore - Leatherwork - Metalwork - Model Design and Building - Music - Photography - Pottery - Sculpture - Theater- Wood Carving - Woodwork
- Venturing: Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award - Outdoor Living History (Ranger Award elective)
- Webelos Activity Badges: Artist - Craftsman - Showman
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Art - Music
See also
General Merit Badge information
- An Introduction to Merit Badges – how to get started, who chooses the counselor, etc.
- Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements – with the revision dates, diagrams, charts, checklists, logs, and links you need.
- Merit Badge Application – offers online resources to let you print "Blue Cards," etc.
- Merit Badge FAQ – answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
- Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval – Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
- Also see: List of how many boys have earned each Merit Badge – Merit Badge policies – Merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank – Merit Badge Days
- Additionally: List of Merit Badges by Field of Study – Merit Badge Pamphlets & Libraries
- Merit Badge Counselors must complete Youth Protection Training, file an Adult Application (and Merit Badge Counselor Information Form); and be approved by the local council. (See the Guide for Merit Badge Counselors for additional details.)


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Jesse M. Harmon, 27, of Atkinson, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for receiving and attempting to receive child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Harmon to 12 years in prison. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison Harmon will begin a five year term of supervised release.
Harmon was employed as a school teacher at Schuyler High School in Schuyler, Nebraska. Harmon first came to the attention of law enforcement when the father of a 15 year old student reported inappropriate Facebook messages Harmon sent to his daughter. The investigation revealed that a 16 year old student had received inappropriate Facebook and text messages from Harmon and Harmon had asked her to delete them. The 16 year old indicated that Harmon had sent revealing pictures of himself and she sent pictures of herself in return.
On January 18, 2011, the Nebraska State Patrol and Schuyler Police Department served a search warrant on Harmon's Schuyler residence. His computer was seized. A forensic review revealed 140 images of child pornography unrelated to the images sent by the 16 year old student. Harmon admitted to receiving photographs from the 16 year old student after requesting the photos from her.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.


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Greenwood, the county seat of Leflore County, is located on the Yazoo River where the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers converge. In this town of twenty thousand inhabitants along the eastern part of the Mississippi Delta, Greenwood has seen everything from steamboats and cotton to railroads and modern light industry.
Incorporated on February 16, 1844, Greenwood was home to a few early Jewish settlers. Ben Gerson came to this area in 1851, and he ran a general merchandise business in the budding town. By 1873, Greenwood had three dry goods stores; two of them had Jewish owners: M. Stein and Henry Sellinger. Henry's son E.S. Sellinger later became assistant chief of police of Greenwood. By the 1880s, more Jews continued to arrive in Leflore County including jeweler Charles Stein as well as the Ettinger and Aron families. In fact, a publication known as the "Valley Flag" on October 4, 1884, carried the following notice: "The Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement were duly observed here by our Hebrew friends." By 1886, this former wood-planked town changed forever, as Greenwood welcomed the arrival of the railroad. With the railroad, new immigrants came, and the city continued to prosper. This development continued until 1890 when a fire burned everything in the town. While certainly a tragedy, the town rebuilt itself in brick and continued the trend of prosperity into the twentieth century.
With enough Jews between 1890 and 1910, Greenwood began to form the foundations of a Jewish community. In 1897, a group of merchants met in a store house and formed the first synagogue, a Reform temple named Beth Israel. This temple remained small throughout the twentieth century and held worship services on Friday nights and during the High Holidays while also providing a Sunday school, a youth group, and a woman's group. In 1907, the Orthodox congregation Ahavath Rayim was founded and featured traditional services in Hebrew frequently led by a resident rabbi. Both congregations not only served residents of Greenwood but also towns nearby like Itta Bena, Winona, Belzoni, Moorhead, Indianola, Sunflower, and many more. In addition, the two congregations shared members and were friendly to each other, welcoming children to joint youth group activities for example. Despite this cooperation, differing religious philosophies prevented the two from ever merging, which is quite an interesting phenomenon for such a small Jewish community.
In 1894, local Jews founded the Mark Stein lodge of B'nai Brith; the lodge later changed its name to the Albert Weiler Lodge in honor of the former Temple Beth Israel president. B'nai Brith, known for its fraternal service and social activities, was quite popular in Greenwood. Starting at a time when there were only about one hundred Jews in town, B'nai Brith grew to as large as sixty-three members in 1955 and still had over twenty members into the late 1970s. While B'nai Brith was certainly popular, Greenwood's Christian residents treated the Jewish community with the utmost respect and allowed them to interact in multiple social scenes. The Lions Club, Kiwanis, Exchange, the Rotary Club, the Elks, and the Masonic Lodge all were examples of organizations that had multiple Jewish members. These Jewish families also found welcoming homes in other realms of Greenwood society including Greenwood Little Theatre, Community Concert Association, Greenwood Country Club, Leflore Country Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. Without a doubt, the Jews of Greenwood were residents of the area, not individuals separated by foreign practices as had been the case for their past lives in Russia and Germany.
The 1920s and 1930s were periods of growth for the Greenwood Jewish community. While business certainly tightened during the Great Depression, the Jewish community grew to over three hundred people by 1937. During this period, such names started to become synonymous with Greenwood including J. Kantor's and Weiler Jewelry Store. Other establishments such as Kornfield's Inc. Department Store and Starr Tailors came into being around the end of this period as well.
Although the Great Depression was tough for most businessmen, the 1940s was a period of change for the Delta economy. About this time, commerce began to decline in places like Greenwood because of a lack of industry and a heavy reliance on agriculture, particularly cotton. Cotton had been king in Greenwood throughout most of its history; however, the cash crop was not as lucrative anymore. As a result, the Jewish community declined by half by the end of the decade. While the economy began to change, Greenwood's Jewish community did not perish; instead, it began a renaissance that benefited both congregations. While Beth Israel became more classical Reform to accommodate new Jews to the area, Rabbi Samuel Stone greatly increased membership at Ahavath Rayim. This growth was occurring at the same time as the foundation of the state of Israel, a period that even divided the Greenwood Jewish community. Although some feared that Zionism would lead others to view Jews as unpatriotic, many Jews of Greenwood disagreed and started bond drives for Israel. In its initial year, a group from Temple Beth Israel gave $35,000 with $10,000 donated in subsequent years.
In the late 1940s, Greenwood was still home to many local Jewish businesses. With many stores lining Howard Street, such Jewish places of commerce included Gelman's Cafeteria, Bennett's Men's Store, The Trading Post, City Laundry, B&R Department Store, and Goldberg's Shoe Store. By 1946, a memoir documented thirty Jewish families officially living in the town of Greenwood, including twenty four store owners, two junk dealers, two cotton merchants, and one dry cleaner.
Ilse Markus was a young girl in Germany during the 1930s. With Hitler's rise to power, Ilse saw her father sent to a concentration camp after Kristallnacht, believing that she would never see him again. Shockingly, the Nazis miraculously released him because of his World War I honorable discharge papers. As a consequence, the Markus family had to flee Germany, where their travels landed them in China, where they owned and operated a small grocery store. After receiving their America visas, this family came to Memphis, Tennessee, where Ilse met and married Ervin Goldberg of Greenwood. For years, she and her husband ran Goldberg's Shoes and Sportswear; Ilse and her family continue to operate three shoe stores in Greenwood today. As a German immigrant married to the child of an immigrant, the Goldbergs were members of the Orthodox synagogue and were a very religious family. Named Greenwood Commonwealth Mother of the Year in 1993, Ilse Goldberg used to buy frozen kosher meat from Chicago and St. Louis and get a truck to ship it down to Greenwood where she would stock over five hundred pounds of meat in her multiple freezers. Today, the internet and a butcher in Memphis make dietary life much easier for this woman, but this story certainly shows the desire of a Jewish family to keep one's faith.
Despite the resilience of the Goldberg family, the Jewish community of Greenwood continued to decline. The 1970s Jewish population, which neared two hundred, was cut in half by the 1980s. Although cotton was not as lucrative anymore, many of the older residents had passed away, while those younger had departed with their college degrees, becoming doctors and lawyers in urban and suburban areas. Many Jewish-owned stores closed; some of their buildings exist no more. Others still remain but not to the extent of Jewish commercial life decades ago. By the 1980s, Greenwood's Temple Beth Israel had diminished to the point that the synagogue closed. Ahavath Rayim's membership has also greatly decreased, yet it still functions today as a synagogue with services led by longtime member Joe Martin Erber. Gail Goldberg, Ilse's daughter-in-law, leads a regular Torah study session. Ahavath Rayim remains the only Orthodox synagogue left in the state of Mississippi.
Greenwood, a town where cotton was a staple, continues to prosper in the same way as it had a century ago. Through tourism, farming, and especially the rise of the Viking Range company, Greenwood has seen a resurgence in its economy and its downtown. Despite these new successful businesses, they have left a different mark on Greenwood, one that does not feature immigrant peddlers settling down after working hard throughout the Delta to make a living. Some Jewish institutions will continue to exist in Greenwood, but the days of Jewish businesses lining the streets of downtown are long gone.


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Louisiana Lawmakers Object To Funding Islamic School Under New Voucher Program
Aug 23, 2012 | Posted by: Hedonist | Full story: www.huffingtonpost.com
Sectarian feuds reignited in Louisiana last week when lawmakers debated whether to provide federal funding for Muslim and Christian schools under a new education bill, according to Think Progress.
"Reason's Greetings!" Since: Feb 11 3,888 Pale Blue Dot |
The best solution is to repeal the Minimim Foundations Program, and stop all federal taxpayers' money contributions to any private, religiously affiliated schools.
This is a great example of how religion mixed with government can only lead to divisiveness. |
Wishaw, UK |
I agree religion is extremely divisive and since such divisions are based on acts of faith they are less amenable to reason. Any criticism is framed as 'an attack on my faith',(as if faith is a good thing).
Quote, "It'll be the Church of Scientology next year," Democratic state Rep. Sam Jones told AP. Unquote That and idiocies like Creationism/ID are the main dangers. Arguably, the voucher system seems to be working quite well in Indiana? I favored a plan like that for the UK, but it won't happen here. Quote: school prayer would "let people know there is a God." Unquote It is the extent of such superstitions that may cause religion to encroach on schools with or without vouchers. Schools should be non-denominational and secular. It makes no sense to segregate children according to their parent's religions,(or lack thereof). In fact, it can be divisive and even potentially dangerous. |
"The boys are back in town..." Since: May 07 11,438 |
I still find it startling that state legislatures fail to understand the implications of the First Amendment. The intent of the Louisiana legislature is clearly to fund Christian-run schools exclusively, which is just as clearly unconstitutional, especially since they passed this bill only after the Muslim school in question withdrew its application, yet they fund a Christian school that is structured so as to guarantee even lower academic standards than the worst of public schools.
But the Muslim school could reapply at any time, as could any other religion-run school. When that happens, the agency charged with administering the program is almost certain to be pressured to refuse the request. If that happens, SCOTUS is quite certain to overturn this new law. Wil the legislatures and citizens be outraged when that happens? You betcha. |
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You don't really think that they didn't understand that the new law was illegal and anti-American, do you? They know, and they just don't care. This is a fine example of what I mean when compare the church to kudzu. It's invasive, always looking for a crack in the wall to use to invade the government, and if given the chance, would overgrow it. Who among us really believes that the church would respect the Constitution if they had a chance to trample it? Who thinks that given the opportunity to take control of the American government and convert it into a Christian theocracy, the church would decline out of respect for American unbelievers and American law and tradition? I mentioned witch burning to a American Christian living here in Mexico with us last year, and he bristled at the mention. "Nobody's done that in centuries," he chided me. "You mean in North America, right? Only because secularists decided that that form of worship of Christ was grossly immoral and should be declared criminal. Now you want to pretend to be civilized. Why should I believe that your church has outgrown the urge to kill and torture? But I am not aware of your people EVER having the power to burn people and not using it. As far as I know, you could smell witches burning on the last day that it was legal to do so. And I have zero doubt that if they decriminalized burning witches starting January 1st, that you'd hear and smell them again that day. Name me a single time or place ever that your church could torture and murder people, and said,'No. That would be wrong. We will not do that.'" I can do that safely only because of my circumstances as an expatriate. In America, I would fear retaliation. His eyes glazed over with the love of Christ, and he called me everything but fellow American, and he threatened me with hell, confirming my suspicion that he believed that torture was a just punishment for not worshiping his god. I felt that he would have liked to have turned me over to an Inquisition right there himself if he could, or, failing that, at least key my car and kill my dogs. Am I misjudging and unfairly maligning this church here? Let me reword that: who thinks that the Christians have outgrown all of that brutality and hatred, and would decline to torture if they got another chance to do so? Here they are throwing acid in the faces of children accused of witchcraft in Africa: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/18/afri... Who is surprised? Shocked, offended, repulsed and nauseated, yes. But surprised? So why should we be surprised that they would knowingly and deliberately violate the spirit and the law of the land with this legislation, and divert the dollars of unbelievers to the task of raising more Christians to persecute them? This man revealed too much this day: "I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good ... Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism." - Randall Terry, Founder of Operation Rescue. 1993 Am I exaggerating here? I don't think so. I think that calling that vile church kudzu was being charitable. |
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As predicted by many of us atheists. Funny, that.
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Judged: 1 The Christian religion is as bad as the Islamic one. We need to stop funding religious schools period. |
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Judged: 1 Indeed all religion needs to go. Christianity and Islam are both two sides of the same coin. |
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I honestly don't know. Don't have a clue. I'd like to think that societal development has a kind of forward momentum that makes reverting to barbarism increasingly more difficult and less probable, and I think that may be true of some of the older sects, even the RCC. But then I think about the backwater churches and their adherents that I've run across throughout the South combined with the fact that as those older churches face declining memberships, the fundamentalist sects that harbor the more dangerous loonies are growing almost as fast as the more reasonable sects' memberships are hemorrhaging, and I have to pause... |
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Interesting and horrifying. Off-topic (completely!)... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshi... Go Houdini! |
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Lol! Nutty as a fruit-cake. 'The Church' was traditionally involved in education because people who happened to be religious saw the value of education. Religious beliefs per se have only ever been a hindrance to education, science, reason, objectivity and critical thinking. Religion is superstition (and a dead duck). Here endeth the lesson. Awomen. |
Judged: 2 2 1 ALL science, reason, objectivity and critical thinking has come from a long tradition of liberal education formulated, started and continued in the Christian religious traditions in America. Religious liberal education has made a nation literate and given them the fine aspects of education no atheist system could accomplish and subsequently has diminished. Fine Art, fine books, fine scientific accomplishments have come from the liberal education Christianity has inspired. From the McGuffey Readers forward to Harvard, Princeton and Yale, the education of a nation has come from Christian influences. You cannot rewrite history for long. Atheist influence in forty years has diminished our educational system. We have once again forty five year old illiterates running loose because of the depravity and sickness of human spirit that accompanies atheist thought. |
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Well, I'm happy to let people judge for themselves. I can only reiterate that secularism has been the savior of education and religion nothing but a threat to it. Religion = superstition Theology = mythology Get over it. |
Judged: 2 2 2 Secularism itself comes from the justice and egalitarianism of Christian teaching and transformation. Atheist influence in the UK has diminished her education, also. The Victorian Christian influences brought your nation out of pagan stupidity and horror. The Christian strength of the nation and its Church cemented the will of England's people to overcome WWII to victory. Now, the atheist influences have brought the nation to its knees wondering how to deal with the atheist stupidity of allowing Sharia Law into its midst. Funny, how the rebellious idiocy of youth influenced by the godless drug and rock culture could so quickly deprive England of its stature. Atheism = Suicide |
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Don't be a d*ck and lie about atheism, an idea you know or care nothing about. You stick your fantasy story and we'll stick to the facts thank you very much. |
Judged: 1 1 So according to the W economics the churches should be creating jobs and saving our economy. Taxes prevent job creation. Therefore churches should have all the money and power they need to build whatever kind of school they want to, and they should not be looking for entitlements, like federal funds for their schools. By GOP economics, the poor do not pay taxes and do not deserve assistance. The same rule should apply to religious institutions. They do not pay into the system so taking money out of the system should be prevented. Giving federal money for religious schools goes against the whole GOP platform. But as stated on this thread, it is impossible to mix religion and reason. Not taxing religious institutions goes directly to "separation of church and state". The gov takes nothing from them, and religion adds nothing to government. |
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What problem? My dollars funding your church? We'll fix that for you. Or maybe you meant the slow death of your church? Sorry about that, but I don't see a problem there. Common ground? Why? You're beaten. You're a caricature of yourself complaining about education. You're pretty much unemployable indoors, aren't you? |
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I guess that you must really be hurting over the slow death of your religion to post something as hateful as that. It must be hard seeing the thing most precious in your life - your religion - dying right before your very eyes like this. What does that feel like? It must be horrible. |
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Joseph Splatz J Doll wearing In Sa Dong J Doll's dress, at the governor's residence, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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