A New Jersey rabbi is shedding light on his two-decade relationship with Bill Clinton in a book that features his correspondence with the former president, including during the low point of his impeachment.

Menachem Genacks book is titled Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership. It contains a forward by Clinton, who discusses the importance of the missives he received from Genack.

Over the years, these individual missives were invaluable to me in addressing the challenges of leadership and public service, the ex-president writes.

In a recent interview, Genack who became informally known as Bill Clintons rabbi said that what people will learn from the book is that Clinton, a Southern Baptist, has a deep relationship with scripture.

On one occasion, the rabbi said, Clinton corrected a typo from Genacks office in a specific biblical passage. He said he has also developed a connection with Hillary Clinton over the years.

The collection includes a note Genack sent the former president, with whom he has traveled overseas, during the low point of his presidency, the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal that led to his impeachment.

In it, the rabbi referred to Psalm 27:14, encouraging Clinton to wait on the Lord and remain strong.

When compiled, the letters Rabbi Genack and I exchanged both during and after my presidency paint a powerful portrait of an interconnected global society at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Clinton writes.

The book has received plugs from pols such as Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

In the interview, the rabbi said the book reveals a deeply spiritual side of Clinton that the public doesnt always see a spirituality that has continued since he left office more than a decade ago.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Born Michael King, Jr. (1929-01-15)January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia, United States Died April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (aged39) Memphis, Tennessee, United States Monuments Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Alma mater Morehouse College (B.A.) Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D.) Boston University (Ph.D.) Organization Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Influencedby Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin, Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman, Leo Tolstoy Political movement African-American Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement Religion Baptist (Progressive National Baptist Convention) Spouse Coretta Scott King (m. 195368) Children Yolanda Denise-King (deceased) Martin Luther King III Dexter Scott King Bernice Albertine King Parents Martin Luther King, Sr. Alberta Williams King Awards Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous), Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) Signature

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.[1] He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.[2] King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism.[3]

A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career.[4] He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.

In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other nonviolent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam War.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the middle child of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King.[5] King Jr. had an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King.[6]:76 King sang with his church choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie Gone with the Wind.[7]

King was originally skeptical of many of Christianity's claims.[8] Most striking, perhaps, was his initial denial of the bodily resurrection of Jesus during Sunday school at the age of thirteen. From this point, he stated, "doubts began to spring forth unrelentingly".[9] However, he later concluded that the Bible has "many profound truths which one cannot escape" and decided to enter the seminary.[8]

Growing up in Atlanta, King attended Booker T. Washington High School. A precocious student, he skipped both the ninth and the twelfth grade and entered Morehouse College at age fifteen without formally graduating from high school.[10] In 1948, he graduated from Morehouse with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, and enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1951.[11][12] King married Coretta Scott, on June 18, 1953, on the lawn of her parents' house in her hometown of Heiberger, Alabama.[13] They became the parents of four children; Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, and Bernice King.[14] King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, when he was twenty-five years old, in 1954.[15] King then began doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University and received his Doctor of Philosophy on June 5, 1955, with a dissertation on "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman". A 1980s inquiry concluded portions of his dissertation had been plagiarized and he had acted improperly but that his dissertation still "makes an intelligent contribution to scholarship",[16][17][18]

Civil rights leader, theologian, and educator Howard Thurman was an early influence on King. A classmate of King's father at Morehouse College,[19] Thurman mentored the young King and his friends.[20] Thurman's missionary work had taken him abroad where he had met and conferred with Mahatma Gandhi.[21] When he was a student at Boston University, King often visited Thurman, who was the dean of Marsh Chapel.[22] Walter Fluker, who has studied Thurman's writings, has stated, "I don't believe you'd get a Martin Luther King, Jr. without a Howard Thurman".[23]

With assistance from the Quaker group the American Friends Service Committee, and inspired by Gandhi's success with non-violent activism, King visited Gandhi's birthplace in India in 1959.[6]:3 The trip to India affected King in a profound way, deepening his understanding of non-violent resistance and his commitment to America's struggle for civil rights. In a radio address made during his final evening in India, King reflected, "Since being in India, I am more convinced than ever before that the method of nonviolent resistance is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for justice and human dignity. In a real sense, Mahatma Gandhi embodied in his life certain universal principles that are inherent in the moral structure of the universe, and these principles are as inescapable as the law of gravitation."[6]:1356 African American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin had studied Gandhi's teachings.[24] Rustin counseled King to dedicate himself to the principles of non-violence,[25] served as King's main advisor and mentor throughout his early activism,[26] and was the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.[27] Rustin's open homosexuality, support of democratic socialism, and his former ties to the Communist Party USA caused many white and African-American leaders to demand King distance himself from Rustin.[28]

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Park City, United States: A revealing and moving behind-the-scenes documentary about Mitt Romney's unsuccessful run for the US presidency sheds new light on the Republican big-hitter and his family.

"Mitt," directed by Greg Whiteley, made its premiere at the independent Sundance Film Festival, which runs until January 26 in Park City, in the mountains of Utah.

The film, shot over a period of six years to 2012, tracks in intimate detail Romney's failed run for the Republican nomination and later his unsuccessful attempt to unseat President Barack Obama.

It is to be distributed by the Netflix digital platform and enjoys significant access to the Romney family - to the surprise of even Whiteley himself.

Whiteley admits: "Often, I had to pinch myself, 'How did I get here?"

The answer: thanks to Tagg, one of Romney's five children, whom the filmmaker met through a mutual acquaintance.

But even then there was resistance.

"I told him about my idea. Tagg said yes, his father said no. But his mother (Ann Romney) said yes." That tipped the balance, the director told AFP after the film's debut at Sundance (on Saturday?), which was attended by Romney.

Whiteley's original idea was simple: follow the campaign to secure the Republican nomination and, if elected, accompany him during the presidential run.

"I was interested in making a film about a Mormon(Romney's religion) wanting to become president," said Whiteley, himself a Mormon.

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Volunteer anti-smoking advocates Irene Tan, 50 (left), and Fanny Oei, 43, giving out flyers near Nee Soon South Community Club. They are among 20 volunteers helping to raise awareness about the smoke-free zone. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

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Twoweeks into the new smoke-free zone in Nee Soon South, Singapore's first to be led by the grassroots, smokers are still not budging.

When resident volunteers trained by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) took to the streets for the first time on Thursday night to cajole smokers into using the six smoking "sheds" rather than puff away in the open, some listened out of politeness while others scurried away from them.

Sporting T-shirts emblazoned with "I Love Quitters" on the front, four middle-aged volunteers - all non-smokers - gamely made their way around Nee Soon South Zone D's 28 blocks to speak to smokers.

The smoke-free zone covers communal spaces in the area, including Yishun Stadium and Yishun Sports and Recreation Centre. It is part of a one-year pilot that may be extended throughout Nee Soon South if residents support it.

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