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Perhaps the oddest indication of Polish interest in things Jewish is a craze for kosher drinks. The hottest-selling alcoholic beverage is ``kosher vodka,'' with a label showing bearded rabbis in prayer shawls and Polish names in Hebrew-like lettering. There is also kosher beer and even kosher mineral water, not generally required of even the most orthodox of Jews, who are content to drink tap water...
...defense team. He was responsible for convincing Shapiro and Bailey to make up; he will be presenting opening arguments and making trial assignments; and he is the person O.J. calls every night from prison. Last Thursday morning Cochran, 57, a devout Baptist, even called his troops into a prayer meeting in a room at the L.A. County courthouse. ``It became very emotional,'' says Cochran of the session led by the Rev. Rosey Grier, the former Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle who is Simpson's friend and spiritual adviser. Cochran then directed each member of the legal team...
...service, which combined music, prayer and reflections on King's legacy, was both a commemoration of the leader's past achievements and an evaluation of the present state of society...
...more in tune with Republican positions on social issues. "Republicans at this time are standing for some things that we, as religious people, would like to see from the Democratic Party," says Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta. "We're antiabortion, pro-prayer in school, and we have a problem with gays in the military...
...startling move, Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston called last week for a moratorium on all demonstrations outside abortion clinics to prevent "anything which might engender anger or some other form of violence." Instead, he wrote in the Archdiocesan paper the Pilot, he will designate five churches for antiabortion prayer vigils. "It is very significant when a prominent bishop asks pro-lifers to roll back their activities," says Lawler. But while the National Conference of Catholic Bishops supported Law's action in the Boston area, it stressed that each bishop is sovereign in his own diocese and that there...