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Love, Murder and Strong Drink in Mexican Family Saga

Brothers Miguel and Tomaso spend money like water, passing up no luxuries and dreaming of amassing even greater fortunes. The protagonist is sister Maria, whom the Ramirez family sent to top-notch universities to acquire the know-how to run an international company. Brother Miguel was born vicious; even as a child he delighted in torturing animals. Tomaso is greedy but dull-witted. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Covering Sports with a Brooklyn Attitude

Cohn spent nearly four decades covering sports for the San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat and his columns were notable for his fearlessness in going after anyone – team owners, coaches and players. In 2022 he was inducted into the Northern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, California, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Face-to-Face with Her Mortality, She Stopped Taking Things for Granted

After experiencing a sudden life-threatening situation in a foreign country three months ago, I now understand more viscerally the “who will live and who will die” part of the High Holy Days. [Marsha Sutton]

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Gladys Sturman, Jewish Activist & Western States Jewish History Publisher

She served on the boards of the Bureau of Jewish Education, the San Fernando Valley Alliance, Kadima Hebrew Academy, the University of Judaism, the West Valley JCC, and the Catholic-Jewish Women’s Conference. She was also the publisher of the Western States Jewish History Journal. [Rabbi David Vorspan]

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World Jewish Congress Discusses Israel and Antisemitism in Sidebar Meetings with Diplomats, National Leaders

The UN session, an annual occurrence, coincided this year with the observance of Rosh Hashanah, limiting available time for encounters. Despite the challenge, WJC secured a series of critical meetings — including with French President Emmanuel Macron, who joined WJC President Ronald S. Lauder to share apples and honey in honor of the Jewish New Year. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Press Release, USA

OpEd: Western Countries Slowly Giving Way to Islamic Populations

“…expect Muslims by 2085 to outnumber non-Muslims in Cyprus, Sweden, France, Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, the UK, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ireland, and Lithuania, with Belgium tipped to be the EU’s first, according to Céline Pina, writing in the monthly Causeur.” [Steve Kramer]

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Argentina’s President Milei Honored by B’nai B’rith as Netanyahu Observes

On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session opening in New York, B’nai B’rith International today bestowed its Presidential Gold Medal—the organization’s highest honor—upon President Javier Milei of Argentina in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Press Release]

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