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3 picks · 1976–1985

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II-HOLY DAYS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Lubavitcher Hasidim, a pious Jewish sect. The great Hasidic leaders have all been considered "tzaddikim", who mediated between …

I-HOLY DAYS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Lubavitcher Hasidim, a particularly pious Jewish sect. Hasidism is a revivalist-pietistic movement that began in Poland in the …

THE STAR AND THE CHORUS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Nell Fox, one of the best-known terrier breeders in the U.S. She is in her late sixties and has spent some 20 years trying to …