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Feast of the Trumpets remembers world's creation
by David Johnson Rosh Hashanah begins September 13, 2015 Related Links Lost Tribes of Israel Branches of Judaism…
Do you know Charlotte, Hans, and Alice? They are friends of your grandparents and parents. When you read about them, they'll become your friends, too.Alice Alice, an impressionable Victorian girl…
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primatologist and leading authority on mountain gorillasBorn: 1932Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. Fossey took an early and avid interest in animals. She entered college as a preveterinary major,…
