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Jewish Trivia Quiz: Nobel Peace Prize

President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter walked into the office at Carter’s Camp David cabin, followed by Begin and Sadat. There was an awkward moment as the two Middle East leaders had to decide who would enter next. How did Rosalynn Carter later describe how this scene played out? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Israel, Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Jewish Biography: James Franck, German Physicist

In 1914, Franck, together with Gustav Hertz, conducted an experiment that proved that atoms absorb energy only in specific discrete portions, quanta. This observation proved the correctness of quantum mechanics. Both scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1925. [Alex Gordon]

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Thriller Fiction: Neo-Nazis Plan Mass Casualty Event in Washington D.C.

Zorn is assigned by his superiors at the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police to go undercover and, if possible, to thwart the plans of the mysterious leader of the American neo-Nazi movement, who goes by the pseudonym of Black Sun. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors

‘Tresspass’: An Anthology of Mark Cohen’s Street Photography

A quick search revealed that Mark Cohen was one of the first acclaimed street photographers in the esteemed company of other notable artists such as Harry Callahan, Ralph Gib Joel Meyerowitz, Dwayne Michaels, Leet Modal, Stephen Shore, John Shovsky, Gary Wingrand, and Robert Frank. [Fred Kropveld]

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Fred Kropveld, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology, USA

San Diego Symphony Orchestra Features Fantasies for Children in Opening Performance

In 1913, Debussy was asked to write a piece based on Andre Helle’s children’s book, The Box of Toys. Although he first planned for the score to accompany a puppet show, he later decided to write it for human dancers. The SDSO performed the music with illustrations from Helle’s book projected on the screen above the orchestra. [Eileen Wingard]

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Eileen Wingard, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Healing History Through Song: A German Musician’s Message of Peace from Auschwitz to Jerusalem

On a gray morning in Auschwitz, Wolfgang Hildebrandt stood quietly, guitar in hand, before the gates that once marked the dividing line between life and death. [Karen Hall]

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Welcome! A Fourth Generation of the Shefer Family

Over the years our family has grown, all three of our children have married and produced children, so that by now we have more grandchildren than we can count on the fingers of two hands, and have had to enlarge our dining table several times to accommodate the growing family. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, Israel, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share