Connections: The man to sent rain clouds / by Leslie Marmon Silko -- Two views of friendship / by Robert Southwell -- Frienship (song lyrics) / by Cole Porter -- Two souls / by Meyer Levin -- Psalm 149 -- Zionism (nonfiction excerpts). My childhood / by Golda Meir ; Declaration of Independence from Israel / by David Ben-Gurion -- The church rocked through time / by Richard Rodriguez -- There is no frigate / by Emily Dickinson -- The blue teacups / by Marjorie Agosin -- David and Jonathan / by Catherine F. Vos -- The song of the bow -- Chaim Potok (biographical sketch).