Kai, an elementary school student, is constantly disappointed. When he wants sunny days, it rains; when he wants pancakes for breakfast, his dad serves him oatmeal, and when he wants to play soccer in school, the teacher choses gymnastics. [Donald H. Harrison]
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The movie 31 Candles stars Jonah Feingold as 30-year-old Leo Kadner, who is short and dyslexic, and the woman of his romantic fantasies, Eva Shapiro (Sarah Coffey), who at 6’ 1 ½ is too tall for most male partners as well as for the roles she seeks on Broadway. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Alma Maria Rosé (November 3, 1906 – April 4/5, 1944) was an Austrian and Jewish violinist. Her uncle was the composer Gustav Mahler. [Wikipedia]
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The manuscript of the book Homelandless Patriots is dedicated to the history of individuals who made history. They made history in their professional fields: science, music, literature, art, philosophy, politics. [Alex Gordon]
The Kerem Shalom Lion, at the well-publicized Southern Gaza border crossing, was sited recently. Hundreds of trucks per day, an unknown number of people, and “officialdom” pass within touching distance of the Lion as they enter and leave Gaza. [Jerry Klinger]
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The first hour showcasing the three featured poets — Marcia Bookstein, Iska Koth and Laura Ribitzky — will be followed by a half hour of open mic, at which audience members are invited to share their works.
Local Poets to Read Their Works at the JCC on Nov. 11 Read More »
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Sometime after his bar mitzvah, Jason felt isolated from his Jewish classmates because they questioned whether someone could be Black and Jewish. [Donald H. Harrison]
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David Schwimmer (November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends (1994–2004), for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. [Wikipedia]
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Jerry Tucker (November 1, 1925 – November 23, 2016) was an American child actor, most notable for having played the “rich kid” in the Our Gang short subjects series semi-regularly from 1931 to 1938. [Wikipedia]
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Jewish Mom hack: If you do not celebrate “Halloween,” think of Purim. Costumes at certain places and online go on sale and can be used in the late Winter/Spring of Purim. In 2026 (can you believe we are even mentioning 2026?), Purim lands on Monday, March 2. [Cailin Acosta]
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Approximately two years ago I was contacted by the Institute for the History of the German Jews, based in Hamburg which, together with the Association for Culture and Media, was embarking on a project to commemorate the Jewish families which had once lived in Hamburg. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Hamburg Group Publishes Book About Jewish Lives Before Nazis Took Over Read More »
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Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. [Wikipedia]
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His family hid his Jewish roots from him until he turned 11. In 1931, when antisemitism was rampant in Hungary and Jewish lives were threatened, Krasznahorkai’s grandfather changed their family name from the Jewish-sounding name Korin to the now Hungarian-sounding one. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Nobel Prize Winning Author László Krasznahorkai Learned of Jewish Father at Age 11 Read More »
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Andrea Mitchell (October 30, 1946) is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C. [Wikipedia]
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