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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune RELIGION Saturday, May 27, 2000 a Israeli Women Win Right to Worship at Western Wall; Now What?, ‘Tt will causea terrible to worship, according to their custom, at the Western Wall,”the court said in whatis being hailed as a historic decision. and violent dispute,’ an “anguished appeal” from the Roman Catholic bishops of Ethiopia and Eritrea, called Wednesday for concerted efforts to halt the conflict on the Horn ofAfrica. John Paul replied to an appeal for an immediate end to fighting issued earlier by the Council ofBishops of the Catholic Church of Eritrea. The bishops of the two warring countries belong to a joint Episco- pal Conference andsaid thatafter two years of-warfare, the conflict has now “entered its most tragic phase. The last glimmer of hope linked to mediation attempts has vanished; arms have the last word.” Bishop Yohannes Zekarias of Asmara, Eritrea, compared the conflict to World War I andcalled the situation “very grave.” Zekarias said Eritrea’s Catholic bishops have joined Orthodox and Muslim leaders in a united butso far fruitless appeal to the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea to stop the. war. The populationofEritrea is 53 percent Christian, mainly Orthodox, and 47 percent Muslim. Cath- BY ELAINE RUTH FLETCHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — For years Haviva Ner David, a religious Jewish feminist scholar and petite young mother of three, has withstood catcalls andinsults to attend a monthly colleagues, many toting babies in backpacks and strollers, were subjected to occasional girl at the Western Wall,” she said. In fact, however, the court has given the attack with bottles, books and chairs by governmentsix months to comply with the ultra-Orthodox Jews who believe women should be neither seen nor heard during prayers. ruling. And already a storm of controversy has erupted that could delay implementation evenlonger. Now, however, a ruling MondaybyIsrael’s Supreme Court appearsset to change the balanceofreligious powers at the sacred site by formally granting Jewish women the right to hold ceremoniesatthe wall. “We hereby order the governmentto es- tablish proper arrangements and conditions so that the petitioners can fulfill their right Ute Tribe WelcomesSpring With a Dance @ Continued from C-1 End of Death Penalty? circle, kicking up dust in the stylized steps taught to them by their penalty may signal the beginning hony, leaderof the Catholic Arch- diocese of Los Angeles, told the National Press Clubthatcalls for a moratorium on the death penalty signal the birth of a “moral revolution” that mayeventuallylead to the end of the death penalty. Mahony said that despite surveys showing most Americans — and even most Catholics — overwhelmingly support the death penalty, the churchis not retreating fromits oppositionto it. What’s more, Mahonysaid the churchwill lead the charge to outlaw it altogether. Mahonysaid a collective reconsideration of the death penalty may ultimately lead to its own demise. Mahony also praised “commonsense” gun control laws that keep criminals from obtaining guns and keep lawful guns safer. He said the proliferation of firearmshas “exacerbated the culture of violence” that pushes many people to penalty. support the death —Religion News Service Economy Aids Charities The nation’s soaring economy continues to be good for charitable donations, according to figures re- leased We day. The AAFRC Trustfor Philanthropy released its annual report on charitable giving, and figures show thatin the last year of the 20th century, individu- als gave $143.7 billion to charity, up 7.2 percentfrom 1998. Total overall giving surpassed $190 billion in 1999, continuing an upward trend. Religious groups saw the mostgiving, representing about 43 percent of all contributions last year.Religious groups received $81.78 billion in 1999, up from $77.49 billion in 1998. Next was education, which received a total of $27.46 billion in 1999, up $2.14 billion from 1998. Corporations also joined in giving to charity. Corporate giving rose by 14.2 percentin 1999,to just over $11 billion. Giving by foundations also rose 16.5 percentto reach $19.8 billion. —Religion News Service Bigger Christian Tent WASHINGTON — The National Council ofChurches is going to try to form a new organization that would forthe first time include all major branches of U.S. Christianity. If successful, the new ecumenical body could spell an end to the council, which is now made up of mainline Protestant, black Protestant and Orthodox denominations. Most Christians in the United States are outside the council, in the Roman Catholic Church and in Evangelical or Pentecostal groups. ‘he Associated Press The Last Word “I bagyng Treally do, I say, ‘Please get me a plot,’ It's absolutely extraordinary: Then a plot —The late romance novelist Barbara Cartland, who died May 21 at age 98, telling The Associated Press where her novels comefrom. ? } wear prayer shawls and to read from the To- ish Bible, aloud, she and her small group of women’s prayer group at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiestsite. Just for daring to read the Torah, or Jew- lawn chairs or on blankets spread in the sparse shade of the dance arena’s cottonwood brushfence. Others form facing lines of men and women in the center of the of a long, slow death for capital punishment. Cardinal Roger Ma- Wall” group. “We have beenfighting for 11 years for the right ofwomento pray aloud,to rah alongside the Western Wall. “For11 years our case was before various government committees and in various appeals before the Supreme Court. Now,finally,the law has been established. Soon we can have our first bat mitzvah ceremony for a olics make up 5 percent of the population. —Religion News Service WASHINGTON — Theleaderof the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Thursday that recent reassessments of the death four judges. “We've emerged from the Middle Ages,” said Jerusalem City Councilor Anat Hoffman,oneofthe leaders ofthe “Womenat the elders. The dances,lastingfive to 10 minutes each and with only short breaks between them,will go on from midafternoon well into the early morning of the next day. Mostof those who comewill have danced atleast once by the end of the celebration. The dancers are clad in a mixture of modern and traditional garb, moccasins vying with sneak- ers and cowboy boots, brightly dyed shawls clashing with jeans and shorts. But when they join hands,they find unity in the timehonored ritual ofthe Bear Dance. The men move forward, their eyes fixed on the horizon, as the women retreat. Then the women advance a few paces as the menretrace their footsteps backward. : The dance is driven bythe beat of the music, a mixture ofsinging and “growl sticks” — notched ax handles stroked by bonesorpipes. Orthodox parliamentarians rushed to prepare Knessetlegislation designed tocircumventor nullify the high court ruling. AndIsrael’s Minister of Religion Yitzhak Cohensaid the government would appeal the a to a broaderpanel of11 high court judg “This time the Supreme don’t see any conflicts with Christianity. I’ve been at their prayers, andI’ve invited them to pray atmy graveside services.” Mendez, with his broad smile, braided hair, silver goatee and a crucifix dangling over an ample belly; has become a well-known andrespected figure on the reservation. Hetries to be accessible to all, regardless of whether they attend his church. His skill as an amateur mechanic often elicits calls for help with ailing cars — and serves as a good excuse for counseling. He may end up wielding a greasy wrench, but often he just listens andoffers advice as friend. Court has eternally,”said the ultra-Orthodox Cohen,in aninterview onIsrael Radio.“It is an insufferable situation, and the decision won't Even liberal Orthodox figures, such as leaders of the ‘Womenatthe Wall’ group customary fashionat the wall could lead to “Tt will cause a terrible and violent dispute,” said Melchior. Political confrontations between Israel's Orthodox Jewish establishment and the country’s secular and more liberal religious groupings have frequently shaken the stability of governments here and even led to their downfall. Prime Minister Ehud Barak, already embroiled in a peace process that has erupted into violencein the West Bank andin southern Lebanon, is hardly eager to ignite the flames of sectarian religious seniiment on his domesticfront. But the Supreme Court saidfears of a violent reaction from ultra-Orthodox or Orthodox elements opposed to the decision was an insufficient excuse to deny the womentheir rights to assemble in public prayer. “We acknowledge the possibility that the recognition of women to pray in their life to Christ. “I never had a drink after that,” Mendezsaid. Instead, he developed a thirst for spiritual service. He had attended Episcopalian services as a child and so returned to the church, eventually becoming a lay leader. Mendez attended seminary in Chicago in 1988-89 and wasordained in 1990, first serving as a priest to the Shoshone and Arapaho of Wyomingbefore moving to Utah. “1 like the people here.I'll stay for as long as they will have me.It depends if God calls me somewhere else, butI like it here,” he said. “I grew upon the Fort Hall [Idaho] Reservation with Indian traditions that included sweat lodges, which are mainly for purification, and sun dances, where people just pray for each other,” he said, “I y tive and Reform Jewsto self-described Orthodox feminists such as Ner David. " “Even many leading Orthodox rabbis’: have admitted that women’s prayer groups © are acceptable according to Jewishlawand * there is such room for women’s expressior’ in Jewishlegaltexts,” said Ner David. “Butthey havecontinued to prohibit such nopoly men have onreligious institutiorjs’** and the apparatus of religious decisionmakinginIsrael. might have been called a shaman, + medicine man or — sinceheoften prays for the sick — a healer. He claimsnoneofthosetitles. “Wereally don’t have anyone like that anymore. Thoseold guys didn’t have that wristwatch, you know, so they could take time to understandthings; things that are still here, still coming,” he said. “The best I can dois just try to do things right. Whatever is placed spokesman Cesspooch sees his purpose as coming from hisspiritual work. He first began hosting sweat ceremonies in 1981, and with fasting and Hehas experienced manyof the same problems he hears about. Twotours as a marine in Vietnam left him an alcoholic. “Tt got so bad I didn’t know what I was doing half the time. I had blackouts and that scared me. Then mybrother asked me, ‘Have youeverthought aboutasking God to help you?’” In 1983, he did, committing his communionwith the divine, hauling white-hot rocks into a sweat lodge just outside the tiny farming town of Neola, a 45-minute drive northeastoverrolling rural roads. While Mendez invokes the blessings of Christ on his parishioners, Cesspooch’s prayers are offered to ancestral spirits and the Creator. Mendezoffers Holy Communion of bread and wine; Cesspooch’s sacraments are the steam, smoke andheatof the sweat lodge. Todayhewill be joined byfive for There is a price for awareness the unseenforces sharing the vis ble world with us, Cesspoochsaid! “There are times whenI will bey doing a blessing andI'll feel the Cesspooch in Randlett, Larry Cesspooch com- Quiet Communion: About the the tribe, prayer came the dreams and visions that lead him today. “Tsee it as justa gift, no different from someone able to sing or whatever,” Cesspooch said. “It’s normal, butoutof its place it becomes this ‘mystical thing’ to people.” Still, there is something of the mysterious, atleast to outsiders, in the spiritual mantle the 48-year-old fatheroftwo has chosento take on. pain, the sickness. There are sori things you just can’t do anythinl'’’ aboutbecauseit’s too late,” he said." “You are giving part of yourself; it's like touching a person abd touchingallivewire, the Creator,a& the same ._ ne.” That Creator, Cesspooch be. lieves, is the same being or foree recognized by all of humankind’s manyfaiths. As a child, baptized Catholic, he called upon Jesus, only to drift away from the-church in ensuing years; now he prays to the Creator, affectionately referring to him as “Grandfather” as he invokes the blessings of “all my relations.” Cesspoochslowly turnsin a circle, silent for a momentas he gazes at the Uintahsto the north,rolling hills and desert grasslands east and south, and then the faint purple outline of the Wasatch Range | 100 milesto the west. “T've cometo understand God is” sweatlodge,he’s in that sun dance.” “It doesn’t matter what the place is, or what’s in your hand”.~ it’s what youfeel inside, and thal, commontoall religions.” FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SALT LAKECITY PROUDLYAN AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCH 10:30 am -' Landscapes: HowPreservation Can The Episcopal Church Welcomes You For complete information on weekdayand other Sunday please call the “numberslisted below. 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In the old avd ‘ violent reactions from intolerant parties,”’ * said Supreme Court Judge Eliahu Matza ji’ onesection of the ruling. “But we don’t ac’ cept a situation in whichthe threatof a vio-" lent reaction from any oneside would negate’: the rights of other parties.” TheIsraeli women wholaunched the ap- men and four women, both Utes and whites, in a ceremonythatwill Bear Dance musician who declined, with a smile onhis leathery bronze face, to give a last name. circle the center of the dance arena, in nearby Randlett, Father Richard Mendez has just finished services at the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church. His brightly painted red and white wooden house of worship also has a long history onthereservation, used to teach the Christian faith to Utes since its dedication in 1886, Whenhefirst took the parish almost six years ago, the congregation had dwindled to a dozen. Under Mendez’s ministry, it now averages 40 worshipers on most Sundays, though Easter services packed 114 into his tiny church. “I was told they didn’t have much use for priests here when I first came,” Mendez said. “They Just had to learn to know me.” He acknowledges his task was not hurt by his own Shoshone background,or bythe fact his wife, Jo,is Navajo. Mendez also earned a reputation for respecting and, in some cases, incorporating American Indian traditions in his services, and native art decorates his a they call me and ask meto look ata car, but it’s really just a time to territory, said Lee, a 76-year-old spiritual expression. As dancers Jerusalem City councilor and one of the!: = Minister for Jewish Diaspora Affairs Rabbi about the impact the decision might have on Israel's fragile status quo between Orthodox religious and non-Orthodoxgroups. Mendezshrugged. “A lot of times talk; they don’t wantto come right out and ask a priest for counseling.” ans Michael Melchior, issued dire predictions time Mendez giveshis benediction “T’m not really that good with cars, but they seem to think Iam,” Therasping rhythm is meant to Other Expressions: The Bear Dance, while the Utes’ cultural crown jewel,is not the tribe's only Ages.” Anat Hoffman stand the test on the ground.” before me, that’s whatI take care of.” While employed as a media imitate the sound a bear makes when it claws a tree to mark its ever is on them.” “It’s a spring celebration, but it’s also religious and spiritual, es) a healing of the winter sick.” added Margo Powaukee, a 25year-old woman selling hamburgers and pop from a nearby plywood shelter. Nelson Cesspooch, 26, brought his infantsonto the dance.“This is his first. Ever since I was small I've come, and nowit is his turn,” he said. “To me,it’s like a vacation,I can watch the people go out. and have fun and see friends and family.” “We've emergedfrom the Middle”> SB Pope John Paul Il, responding to warnsliberal rabbi our holy temple in which God’s spirit resides lit Pope Asked To Halt Africa War neat was shock,a victory that we weren’t at all prepared for,” said a stunned Ner David, speaking just after the ruling by a panelof touched onthe holyofholies, the remains of i WORLD VIEW c3 UNITY SPIRITUAL CENTER |"” Middle School |, 1471 South 1900 tase |"! "How To Know God" Part 1: Based on " Deepak Chopra's Book}: Rey, Mike V, Fotheringham HOR tam eww sphitualcenter orf 4 4 |
