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RNS-Church-Vaccines: Churches in working class Los Angeles neighborhoods urge leaders to ‘bring the vaccine to the people’
(RNS) — After months of performing funerals for parishioners in hard-hit areas of the pandemic, a group of religious leaders and organizers in the Los Angeles area are urging county officials to focus on vaccinating residents in neighborhoods that need it the most — areas like El Monte, South Central L.A., Boyle Heights and Pacoima — where Latino and Black residents, many who are essential workers, have been hard hit by the virus. And they have a plan to do it. By Alejandra Molina. 877 words. (category: a)
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RNS-Ancient-Cloth: ‘Royal’ purple fabric found in Israel dates to days of David and Solomon
JERUSALEM (RNS) –Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority, Bar Ilan University and Tel Aviv University said they had identified pieces of fabric dyed “true purple” dating to the 10th century BCE, when David and Solomon ruled in Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew Bible. Direct carbon dating revealed that the fabrics harken back to about 1,000 BCE. By Michele Chabin. 839 words. (category: i)