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Jewish citizens reflect on their faith to mark Yom Kippur.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| September 18, 1996 | Otto, Mary | COPYRIGHT 1996 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

To be Jewish in America, where the culture is predominantly Christian, where your faith is outnumbered nearly 50 to 1, can be challenging. It can also be defining.

This may feel truer in places such as Grand Forks, N.D., and Wichita, Kan., where synagogue affiliation is numbered in dozens and hundreds, than in cities such as Miami, where some synagogues count over a thousand families as members, and where, in some areas, a Jew needs only to step onto the elevator of her condominium to be reminded of her religion.

But Jews everywhere speak of cherishing a fragile and precious sense of group identity.

The identity seems especially strong on the high holy ...

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