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March 26, 2017 | Judaism

By Alan Levin

Fourteen Jewish women and men stepped past their kinfolk faith to develop into leaders of alternative religious paths. They turned a Sikh, Sufi, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu chant grasp, visionary artist, Advaita instructor, Pagan witch, interfaith minister, Catholic priest, and a pacesetter of a syncretic Brazilian church. Alan Levin stocks their interesting tales and their knowledge with wealthy reflections at the which means of tribal id, heresy, and who and what we actually are.

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