Chaya Ann Tober is a fourth grader growing up in New York City. Her initials, C.A.T., seem almost destined for her because Chaya is fascinated by cats. She loves her family’s cat, Ollie, and spends time wondering what cats do when people are not around. [Cailin Acosta]
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R.L. Stine (October 8, 1943) is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series for children which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history. The series spawned a media franchise including two television series, a video game series, a comic series, and two feature films. [Wikipedia]
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There are moments when history gives you no time to deliberate. You either run toward the danger—or away from it. Yaniv Hayoun, a plumber, ran toward it. (Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg)
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Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His compositions include “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”. [Wikipedia]
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Lincoln has given up hustling after a friend’s death spooked him, and Booth is trying to become a better hustler. Linc, as his brother calls him, is trying to go straight by working as a Lincoln actor in a shooting gallery. (Sandi Masori)
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One of the film’s greatest strengths is its ability to make something as seemingly ordinary as a postage stamp carry enormous historical weight. A stamp can be tiny, but it can also document a place, a government, a moment in history, or a person who might otherwise be forgotten. (Cailin Acosta)
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“Free yourself from the concentration camp of your own mind. The key is in your pocket, and the key is courage.” — Dr. Edith Eger
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Bill Dana (October 5, 1924 – June 15, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Steve Allen Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Bolivian character named José Jiménez. [Wikipedia]
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This story, intended to be read to kindergarteners and first graders, mixes Jewish culture with Texas tale-telling notable for exaggerating dimensions. (Donald H. Harrison)
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Felicia Farr (October 4, 1932) is an American former actress and model. Farr was born in Westchester County, New York. [Wikipedia]
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Steve Reich (October 3, 1936) is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich’s work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Reich describes this concept in his essay “Music as a Gradual Process” by stating, “I am interested in perceptible processes. [Wikipedia]
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Two students affiliated with StandWithUs at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, were preparing for a screening of “We Will Dance Again,” a review of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel by Hamas when they noticed an anonymous threat on Yik Yak social media. [SDJW staff report]
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In 70 CE, with the destruction of the Second Temple, Shemini Atzeret was previously devoted to the ritual cleansing of the altar. In the present day, it marks the beginning of the rainy season in Israel, so it includes the year’s first prayer for rain. [Cailin Acosta]
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Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, comic vocalist and game show host who performed in vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, and television. A master of the one-line retort, he is considered one of America’s greatest comedians. [Wikipedia]
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