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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, rides her bike to a meeting of clergy, in Cambridge, Mass. Everett says commuting by bike after her car died has connected her to the city, its neighborhoods and residents. Everett has turned her experiences and the connections she’s drawn between biking and spirituality into a new book, “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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HIn this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo a card featuring a likeness of St. Patrick is wedged into the spokes of a bicycle belonging to the Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, in Cambridge, Mass. Everett says commuting by bike after her car died has connected her to the city, its neighborhoods and residents. Everett has turned her experiences and the connections she’s drawn between biking and spirituality into a new book, “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, puts on a hat before donning her helmet to ride her bicycle, in Boston. Everett says commuting by bike after her car died has connected her to the city, its neighborhoods and residents. Everett has turned her experiences and the connections she’s drawn between biking and spirituality into a new book, “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo a plate featuring the word "clergy" is attached to a bicycle belonging to the Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, in Cambridge, Mass. Everett says commuting by bike after her car died has connected her to the city, its neighborhoods and residents. Everett has turned her experiences and the connections she’s drawn between biking and spirituality into a new book, “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, the Rev. Laura Everett, executive director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, rides her bike to a meeting of clergy, in Cambridge, Mass. Everett says commuting by bike after her car died has connected her to the city, its neighborhoods and residents. Everett has turned her experiences and the connections she’s drawn between biking and spirituality into a new book, “Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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United States' Christian Pulisic juggles during a training session in preparation for a World Cup qualifying soccer match Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. USA plays Honduras on Friday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Bret Layton cries as he talks with reporters about his friend and business associate, Kurt W. Cochran, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in West Bountiful, Utah. Kurt W. Cochran was killed and his wife, Melissa Cochran, was among dozens who were injured in Wednesday's London attack according to a statement issued Thursday by the family through a Mormon church spokesman. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Bret Layton cries as he talks with reporters about his friend and business associate, Kurt W. Cochran, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in West Bountiful, Utah. Kurt W. Cochran was killed and his wife, Melissa Cochran, was among dozens who were injured in Wednesday's London attack according to a statement issued Thursday by the family through a Mormon church spokesman. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Bret Layton cries as he talks with reporters about his friend and business associate, Kurt W. Cochran, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in West Bountiful, Utah. Kurt W. Cochran was killed and his wife, Melissa Cochran, was among dozens who were injured in Wednesday's London attack according to a statement issued Thursday by the family through a Mormon church spokesman. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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In this March 9, 2017, file photo, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during an interview at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006, file photo, Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler listens during the Bishops' Mass at The Baltimore Basilica in Baltimore. Keeler, who helped ease tensions between Catholics and Jews, has died. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
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This undated photo provided by Clint Payne shows his sister, Melissa, and her husband, Kurt Cochran. A statement from the Mormon church issued Thursday, March 23, 2017, on behalf of relatives said Kurt Cochran was among those killed in the London attack Wednesday and Melissa was seriously injured. (Courtesy of Clint Payne via AP)
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A 19-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen covers his face as he is brought to court in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. Israeli police said they have arrested a Jewish Israeli man who is the prime suspect behind a wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and other institutions in the United States. The police withheld his identity. (AP Photo/Nir Keidar)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, Ezra Perez, 3, is handed a kippah at a synagogue in Bogota, Colombia. Ezra is among a group of Venezuelan Jewish converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. The protracted fight over the so-called “Venezuela Nine” underscores the fierce debate in a divided Israeli society over who is a Jew and how a religion that doesn’t proselytize like Christianity or Islam embraces an increasing number of converts, especially from Latin America, who have found their way to Judaism outside traditional paths like marrying someone of the faith. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, the Garcia family receives a special blessing in Bogota, Colombia. The Garcia's are among a group of Venezuelan converts who have had a torturous journey trying to reach Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts arrive at an airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah settle in their new home in an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah walk inside an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)