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Penny-Pinching Towns Put Police Out to Pasture

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (July 13) -- The sheriff will be walking the streets again in San Luis -- the oldest community in Colorado. But it's not a return to the Wild West; the town fired its entire police force to save money. Around the country other towns -- large and small -- are also eliminating their police departments....

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05/17/12 Temple Beth-El assistant rabbi resigns Source: mySA The assistant rabbi of the city's largest Jewish congregation announced his resignation Thursday nearly two weeks after the senior rabbi also made public his plans to leave.
05/11/12 Temple Beth El in Santa Maria hosts event focusing on... Source: NBC - KSBY TV 6 - San Luis Obispo CA Temple Beth El in Santa Maria has a pretty special weekend planned.
05/11/12 Walking with purpose Source: The Bridgeport News - Bridgeport CT Members of Congregation Beth El in Fairfield joined hundreds of other walkers at Seaside Park to participate in the Connecticut Food Banks' Walk Against Hunger.
05/10/12 Temple Beth El launches brick campaign for Holocaust... Source: Palm Beach Daily News - Palm Beach FL A Holocaust Memorial Garden to honor the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and to pay tribute to the survivors has taken root at Temple Beth El. At the center of it is a sculpture in the shape of a Jewish star.
05/10/12 Temple, church mark 26 years of interfaith bond Source: The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL For neighbors, it is almost inevitable that 26 years will be punctuated here and there with passing snits and disputes, particularly if the neighbors are of different faiths.

Background on Bethel

Bethel (Ugaritic: bt il, meaning "House of El" or "House of God", , also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, or Beit El; ; ) was a border city described in the Hebrew Bible as being located between Benjamin and Ephraim.

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