Andy Ram (April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics. [Wikipedia]
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Particularly moving were the passionate melodies in the first violins, the section Lee once led, when the orchestra was first formed, over half a century ago, in the old 54th Street JCC. She was the competent concert master of the fledgling ensemble and she also soloed with them during their early years. [Eileen Wingard]
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s confirmation as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel was hailed by Jewish and Christian organizations on Wednesday, April 9. [SDJW staff report]
Tom Lehrer (April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. [Wikipedia]
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Author Linda Ambrus Broenniman knew her parents had immigrated after World War II from Hungary and she thought they were both raised Catholic. She didn’t know that her father, Julian Ambrus, was brought up Jewish, nor that her mother, Clara, risked her life to save Jews during the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]
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“As a Christian, my spiritual heritage exists in the Jewish people. The bond Jews and Christians share is deep and profound,” said Heaton. “Along with that, our shared Judeo-Christian values are the foundation for the free and thriving democracies we see in Israel, America, and around the world. The Jewish future is everyone’s future!” [Press Release]
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President Trump started out right when he proclaimed that he would weaponize a 1952 law to deport foreign students who disrupted campus activities, among other offenses. However, he has repeatedly blundered in executing this mission. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Anyone straddling Jewish tradition and pop culture can’t help but notice the striking parallels between Liv-Action Role Playing (LARP) and the rituals of the Passover Seder. [Judith Kagan]
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How should we respect all living things? How can we respect other humans when we are anxious about them, even consider some our enemies? [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Halfway through U.S. voting in the 2025 World Zionist Congress election, turnout among American Jewry has already surpassed the total number of votes from the previous election for the body known as the “parliament of the Jewish people.” [Press Release]
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Shecky Greene (born Fred Sheldon Greenfield; April 8, 1926 – December 31, 2023) was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he became a headliner in the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2] He appeared in several films, including Tony Rome; History of the World, Part I; and Splash. In television, he guest-starred on such television shows as Love, American Style and Combat!, and later Laverne & Shirley and Mad About You.[Wikipedia[
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Chagall was written by Yale Strom and Todd Salovey who directed the play. Strom scored the music. According to Strom, this play was 15 years in the making. This will be the last workshop before they bring it to a regional theater. [Mimi Pollack and Cailin Acosta]
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One of the most popular travel destinations in Europe is the Czech Republic. In its beautiful capital city, Prague, the most visited tourist attraction is the former Jewish ghetto in the old city. It was in this Jewish ghetto that Rabbi Jehudah Loew ben Bezalel (The Maharal) wrote the story “The Golem”, which inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” [Yale Strom]
Holocaust survivor and author Dr. Edith Eger won her second Christopher Award for the book “The Ballerina of Auschwitz.” (Cailin Acosta)
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