Signs the earth is experiencing severe climate change: … The power company shuts off your electricity due to heavy usage caused by high temperatures, but you have no trouble reading at night because the forest fire outside your house casts enough light. … [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: Signs of Severe Climate Change Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
What does it mean to do the right thing? Does it mean playing by the rules or breaking those rules when they’re unfair? What would you do to secure your child’s future in a better, safer school? Would you break the law if you felt you had no other choice? [Eric George Tauber]
‘Lines in the Dust’ Schools Us on Racism Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
It’s a Jewish country, but:– About 21 percent of the population is Arab. Now, 70 plus years after Independence, the Arabs of Israel are well integrated, but:–
A high incidence of the crime is Arab. And most of that is Arab against Arab. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
On Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
If excitement had a color, the atmosphere of Del Mar Race Track would have been bright yellow Friday as the 82nd race season opened. The parking lot attendants greeted attendees with huge welcoming smiles and “Good luck!” despite having to stand in the steamy un-San Diego-like heat. Employees embraced and whooped hellos to each other in the stairwells and on the terraces. The vendors were downright chatty as they charged patrons the requisite $13.50 for a six-ounce pour of wine or draught of beer. Everyone’s delight at returning to in-person horseracing was palpable. [Eva Trieger]
Hats, Horses, Humor Enliven Del Mar Racetrack’s Opening Day Read More »
Travel and Food
This is an American Jewish novel about two families coming to terms with the fact that the fictional resort that best friends Benny Goldman and Amos Weingold founded in the Catskill Mountains has long passed its prime. The Golden Hotel no longer is booked to capacity, nor even near capacity, and the once famous Borscht Belt resort has quite obvious wear and tear to show its decline. [Donald H. Harrison]
Novel Portrays Catskill’s Post-Borscht Belt Era Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA
You swing gently on your trapeze somewhere near the top of the circus tent. It’s comfortable and secure, and then you see the next trapeze hurtling towards you. As you gage the time and the distance, you have to decide when the appropriate moment will come for you to leave the safe bar you’re hanging from and leap into the void, arms outstretched to grasp the empty bar as it swings towards you. [Natasha Josefowitz}
The Trapeze Jumps in Life Read More »
Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz
Published by Miami Herald SURFSIDE, Fla. – It’s been six days since authorities found the body of Maria Gabriela Camou in the rubble of the Surfside condo collapse, but her family says funeral plans must wait until the search crew finds her husband of 40 years, Miguel Kaufman. “We thought the next day they would
Death toll now 96 in Surfside collapse. Some families still wait for news of missing Read More »
USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Some 135 years after the arrival of its big sister in New York, a relatively diminutive replica Statue of Liberty was unveiled Wednesday in the US capital as a token of American-French friendship. The replica, standing at around 10 feet (three meters) tall — compared to the famed 300-foot-tall
US capital gets its own, petite Statue of Liberty Read More »
USA
Israel’s first and only whisky distillery was established in 2015 by a group of ex high-tech Whisky fans. The main investor is Gal Kalkstein, currently the CEO. They rented an old building, formerly the famous “Eilat” bread bakery. Among the leaders are Tal Hotiner, also known as “The Grape Man,” who is an experienced alcohol expert, bar owner, alcohol blogger, and sales and export director; Dana Baran, marketing director; Tomer Goren, a master distiller with experience in Scotland; and the late Dr James Swan- consultant, one of the world leading experts for warm climate distilling, who used to work with Chivas Regal, Jim Beam and other well-known distilleries. The staff includes more than 20 employees, and the visitor center hosts some 10,000 visitors a year, including workshops and lectures. The name comes from the “Land of Milk and Honey” and the logo is a combination of a dairy cow and honeybee. [Yoni Peres]
Whisky From the Land of Milk and Honey Read More »
Business & Finance, Middle East, Travel and Food, Yoni Peres
AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin testified on Tuesday before the California Senate Education Committee against AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement that allows school districts to adopt any ethnic studies curriculum. [AMCHA Initiative]
AMCHA Initiative Opposes Ethnic Studies Bill (AB 101) Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene must be seeking vindication. Few Americans appreciate the “suffering” they endured during the past year or more. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Greene, Boebert Trivialize Holocaust in Fight Against Vaccinations, Masks Read More »
Bruce Ticker, International, Jewish History, USA
Published by The Bangkok Post US court dimisses defamation suit by Roy Moore against Sacha Baron Cohenpublished : 14 Jul 2021 at 07:45 WASHINGTON – A US court on Tuesday dismissed a $95 million defamation lawsuit filed by Roy Moore, a former Alabama chief justice, against British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for his depiction of
US court dimisses defamation suit by Roy Moore against Sacha Baron Cohen Read More »
USA
Published by Reuters TEL AVIV (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates opened its embassy in Israel on Wednesday, with Israel’s president attending the inaugural ceremony. The embassy is situated in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange building and its opening followed the inauguration of Israel’s embassy in the UAE last month. (Reporting by Steven Scheer; Editing
UAE opens embassy in Tel Aviv Read More »
Middle East
After more than six months and no public action by Johns Hopkins University to address its teaching assistant’s overtly antisemitic posts, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and StandWithUs demanded in a joint letter that the leadership of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, finally publicly affirm that any attempt by faculty or staff to harass, marginalize, or discriminate against Jewish students based on their Jewish identity will not be tolerated. [StandWithUs, Louis D. Brandeis Center]
Jewish Groups Seek Discipline of Johns Hopkins Teaching Assistant Read More »
Travel and Food