Donald H. Harrison

ADL Offers Reflections for Jewish New Year 5782

The Jewish New Year presents us with an opportunity to renew ourselves and our world and to look forward to a brighter year ahead. As we gather with friends and family to celebrate the advent of 5782, it is a good moment to take stock of the year that’s passed and to reflect on what we as a people and a society might do to improve our world and ourselves in the year to come. [Esta Epstein and Jonathan Greenblatt]

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International, Middle East, USA

Integrating Leisure and Pleasure Into Architectural Projects

Erez Raz, who studied Landscape Architecture at the Technion, has assembled some of the projects he has worked on in recent years, presenting them in an exhibition displaying his varied talents and original approach to combining interior and exterior spaces in public life. The projects presented depict his approach to different stages of urban life, ranging from childhood play through adolescence and sport to adult activities such as shopping and driving. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Jihadist Stabs 7 in N.Z. Supermarket Before He is Fatally Shot

A terrorist who went unarmed  into a Countdown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday afternoon grabbed a knife off a shelf and attacked and injured six shoppers before he was shot and killed by two armed police.  The officers were part of a Special Tactics Squad (STS) who have had him under surveillance since 2016 when he was listed as a high security risk for his beliefs.  [John Bernard McCormick]

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International, John McCormick

Young Adult Novel Deals With Miscegenation, Dysgraphia, Antisemitism

This is a story for Young Adults set in the turbulent 1960s, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states via its decision in Loving v. Virginia.   Leah, a recent high school graduate, has fallen in love with Raj, whose family immigrated from India.  Raj, a business major at New York University, faces the same problem that the Jewish Leah does; his parents want him to marry within his own religion, which is Hindu. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

Gene Simmons Tests Positive For COVID-19, KISS Tour Dates Postponed

Published by Radar Online Gene Simmons has tested positive for COVID-19. According to TMZ, KISS announced Tuesday that the band is choosing to postpone their next 4 tour dates as Simmons recovers. The band and rest of the crew will reportedly remain at home and isolate for the next 10 days. “Doctors have indicated the

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Jewish Celebrities

‘Western States Jewish History’ Now Semi-Annual and Peer-Reviewed

After a year’s absence, Western States Jewish History, a half-century-old journal, has made its reappearance in a new format.  No longer a quarterly, the journal will be published semi-annually by Texas Tech University Press, under the editorship of Jonathan L. Friedmann, professor of Jewish Music History at the Academy for Jewish Religion-California in Los Angeles. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak

Inge Ginsberg, Death Metal Grandma + Holocaust Escapee, Dies at 99

Published by Loudwire Death metal grandma and holocaust escapee Inge Ginsberg has died at 99. Ginsberg became a beloved figure on the metal world when she discovered metal music in her 90s and formed a metal band called Inge & the TritoneKings. Inge & the TritoneKings exploded onto the metal scene when Ginsberg was 93.

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Jewish Celebrities

Fund for Ethiopian Israelis Needs Replenishing

We support the Forgotten People Fund of Netanya, which has Israel’s largest Ethiopian Israeli population. Our grass roots fund, composed solely of volunteers, attempts to fill the gaps left by the city’s social services department. The ultimate mission is to help our local Ethiopian Israeli community members to better themselves. FPF depends on donations to carry on the important undertakings like assisting the community to obtain professional qualifications, such as managers, teachers, lawyers, nurses, and engineers. See the website at: http://www.fpf.org.il. [Steve Kramer]

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Middle East, Steve Kramer