Judaism

10 Famous Sayings By Gene Wilder On His First Death Anniversary

Gene Wilder, the legendary Hollywood actor, who starred in famous films like “Blazing Saddles,” “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy” died on Aug. 28, 2016, when he was 83 years old, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1933, to Jewish parents.

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

In Greece, a city struggles to come to terms with its Jewish past

Walking through the bustling center of Thessaloniki, Greece, Hella Kounio Matalon points off to the distance. “Most of the properties that we see on this road are former Jewish properties,” she said as she walked around Thessaloniki on a recent morning, recounting the city’s Jewish history. Matalon knows that history well, partly because of her

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International, Jewish History

Website will aid S.D. Jewish researchers

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– Scholars looking to research San Diego’s Jewish history as well as genealogists hoping to learn more about their own ancestors can now refer to a website created by the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego to learn what is in that organization’s collection. The web address is http://jhssandiego.pastperfectonline.com/.  Collections are grouped into

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Jewish History, San Diego County

That’s not kosher: Haredi soldiers fed non-kosher food

Haredi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Battalion, better known as the Nahal Haredi, were fed non-kosher food during an army education program last week, Radio Kol Hai reported. According to the report, a group of soldiers from the battalion were sent to participate in an educational program with the IDF”s Education and Youth Corps in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

1850s teen diarist Victoria Jacobs Franklin recalled

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The San Diego History Center on Sunday welcomed three Arizona women whose family lent to its museum the diary of mid-19th century teenager Victoria Jacobs for the current exhibition about the history and heritage of the local Jewish community. The visitors included Alden Hardy Carroll, the great-great

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA

Take a walk through Sephardic Montreal’s 70-year history on a new urban tour

Visitors to the Museum of Jewish Montreal can see a glorious — and sometimes troubled — side of the city’s Jewish past like never before By Julie Masis MONTREAL — This September, the Museum of Jewish Montreal will launch its first Sephardic walking tour. The two-hour excursion tells the history of the city’s Moroccan, Iraqi,

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International, Jewish History

They fled the Nazis for the US, then served their new country to take down Hitler

In his new book, Bruce Henderson talks about the German-speaking Jewish soldiers who escaped WWII Europe, only to go back in uniform to collect intelligence By Rich Tenorio Guy Stern’s on-the-job training began 10 minutes after he landed at Omaha Beach — one of the Allied entry points into Normandy in 1944. Three days earlier,

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International, Jewish History, USA

When Ireland rejected Jewish orphans fleeing Nazis, this man saved dozens

A new film chronicling Irish anti-Semitism stars one WWII hero, essayist Hubert Butler, who was ostracized for speaking against the Catholic church By Robert Philpot LONDON — On July 9, 1943, newly-elected member of the Irish parliament Oliver Flanagan rose to make his maiden speech. “There is one thing that Germany did and that was

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International, Jewish History

Jay Thomas, actor in ‘Cheers,’ ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Ray Donovan,’ dead at 69

LOS ANGELES — Character actor and radio personality Jay Thomas, who became known to television viewers for his roles on “Cheers,” “Murphy Brown” and most recently on the crime drama “Ray Donovan,” has died at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 69. Thomas’ death Thursday was confirmed by the actor’s New York publicist, Thomas

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Rabbis Won’t Call Trump for Jewish High Holidays

Jewish religious leaders will not organize a conference call with President Donald Trump ahead of the High Holidays—the major holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—in a break from recent tradition. “The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been

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Jewish Religion, USA

How Jewish activism has wiped out Tay-Sachs

Thanks to technology and an aggressive screening campaign, the genetic disease is all but gone today — and carrier couples can have healthy children By Ira Stoll JTA — Parents of children born with Tay-Sachs disease talk about “three deaths.” There is the moment when parents first learn that their child has been diagnosed with

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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education