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'Professional Leprechauns' Rejoice, but St. Patrick's Day Inspires Mixed Emotions Among Little People
By David Moye - AOL NewsFor many people, St. Patrick's Day is a big day to go out and let off some steam, but it's a day of mixed emotions for people of short stature. Leprechauns are a part of Irish folklore, but their association with the holiday can cause undue misery for some little people, according to Gary Arnold, spokesman for Little People of America, a support group for Americans of short stature due to dwarfism. "Some little people still cringe when they go to a bar on St. Patrick's Day," Arnold confessed. "It reinforces the traditional stereotype that we're nonhuman." But this feeling is by no means ...
Easter vs. Passover: What's a Catholic Jewish-Wannabe to Do?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyPassover begins this week, followed quickly by Easter. As a former Catholic married to a Jew, I hate this time of year. It reminds me -- once again -- of just how unresolved my husband and I are about the status of religion within our family. This is not a new issue for us. My husband and I have periodically mulled it over ever since we took an interfaith workshop titled "I'm Jewish; You're Not" at a University Hillel 12 years ago. By mutual agreement, we ruled out Christianity early on. But we've still never managed to come to any closure on the Judaism part of the equation. Sure, we've had ...
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