The mailbox reads, “Put your worries in the box, I’ll take care of them for you.” [Betzy Lynch]
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More than 200 cultural and public figures have signed a petition urging Israel to release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti from prison. Among Jews signing the petition are singer Paul Simon and journalist Peter Beinart. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane was the target of four drones as he landed at the Dublin, Ireland, airport around 11 pm., Monday, Dec.1 Who sent the military-class drones and why they were sent are open questions now under investigation by Ireland’s security forces. [Donald H. Harrison]
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One of the first scenes in the movie (directed by James Vanderbilt) is set in the destroyed stadium, where the prominent American attorney, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, states ‘Everything began with the laws proclaimed here.” [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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The Jewish Community Symphony, formerly the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO), now rebranded in its new home at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, opened its 52nd season November 30, with a well-rehearsed performance of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture. [Eileen Wingard]
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Calvin Trillin (December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. [Wikipedia]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Today's Jewish Birthday, WikipediaAlthough not all information at a closed-door meeting was disclosed, U.S. Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley on Thursday told select senators and congressmen that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not issue explicit “kill them all” orders prior to the second-strike Sept. 2 on an alleged drug-running boat off the Venezuelan coast. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Scott Berg (December 4, 1949) is an American biographer. After graduating from Princeton University in 1971, Berg expanded his senior thesis on editor Maxwell Perkins into a full-length biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (1978), which won a National Book Award. His second book Goldwyn: A Biography was published in 1989. [Wikipedia]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Today's Jewish Birthday, WikipediaThe Jerusalem Post noted that U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that Phase Two of his Gaza peace plan “is moving along; it’s going to happen pretty soon.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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A group of German nationals—all of whom were Gentile, mainly ladies of aristocratic background, but some of the gentlemen were, in pre-Hitlerian times, senior civil servants—met on September 10 for afternoon tea in Carmer Strasse. Being wartime, the fare was simple, the conversation defiantly anti-Hitler: “How to Stop the War?” [Paul Rose]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, International, Staff and Bylined ContributorsHa’aretz reports that MKs Yuli Edelstein, Ofir Sofer, and Sharren Haskel are the only members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition who are sure votes against making permanent the Haredi community’s exemption from military service. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Rena Sofer (December 2, 1968) is an American actress, known for her appearances in daytime television, episodic guest appearances, and made-for-television movies. In 1995, Sofer received a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Lois Cerullo in the soap opera General Hospital. She reprised the role of Lois in October 2023. From 2013 to 2022, she played Quinn Fuller on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. [Wikipedia]
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IF (Imaginary Friends) cast, from left: Steve Fitzgerald, Mary Friedel, Galadriel Bessette, Tara Romanczyk, Jo Darlene Reardon, Sean Liberan, Ali Impey, Lance Pate (Photo: Megan Goyette)
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & BroadcastOn Truth Social, Trump called upon Israel to “maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous state.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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