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• Messianic Jews' letter upsets Jewish leaders | A letter inviting Christian professionals to bring Jewish friends and co-workers to a messianic Hanukkah/Christmas party aboard a chartered yacht upset area Jewish leaders. (The Palm Beach [Fla.] Post)
  
  
• Vatican: Jews are our brothers | Anniversary of a major Second Vatican Council document was celebrated amid fresh debate over the Vatican's attitude toward Jews that was sparked by a recent, unofficial document saying it was no longer theologically acceptable for the Church to target Jews for conversion (Associated Press)
  
  
• Meet the new Zionists | The members of the Christian Coalition of America are some of the most passionate defenders of Israel in the United States. There's just one catch: they want to convert all Jews to Christianity. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Torn between cross and crescent | Some U.S. Muslim parents say their religion has become a sticking point in child custody cases. (The Dallas Morning News)

Evolution:

• 'Teaching the controversy' over evolution could be disastrous | Without adequate teacher preparation, reasonable-sounding approach would actually be confusing, dangerous (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Earlier: Stop the fighting: Use 'creation-evolution' conflict as teaching tool | We'll never get beyond the battling until we help students understand the range of views — religious and non-religious — about the claims of science (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Darwin debate spreads | Teachers in Danish primary schools have been warned against being overly critical of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution when teaching biology (The Copenhagen Post)

Books:

• The sachems of Satan | A new theory to explain the Salem witchcraft crisis (David Gates, Newsweek)
  
  
• 400 years ago, male witches were well cooked | Women weren't only ones executed: book (The National Post, Canada)
  
  
• A slight difference of opinion | A new book explores the life of Michael Servetus, who burned for his beliefs (Savannah Morning News)
  
  
• Religious write: Author carves niche | You could prowl the aisles of bookstores for days and you'll never find a sign designating the genre Patricia Haley has claimed as her own — G-rated contemporary Christian African-American romance (Times Herald, Greater Norristown, Penn.)

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