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Louisville Conductor Teddy Abrams Subs for Michael Tilson-Thomas in San Diego

Conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas was replaced at the February 15 and 16 concerts, due to illness, by Teddy Abrams, conductor of the Louisville Symphony. Abrams is a rising star in the mold of Tilson-Thomas and Leonard Slatkin, two of Abrams’ mentors. [Eileen Wingard]

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

American-Born German Countess Defied Nazis, Helped Jews, U.S. POWs

Although she was not immune to the antisemitism that was characteristic of socialites at the time, she evolved.  Evidence of her change of heart was recorded by Norman Ebbut, a Berlin correspondent for The Times of London, who quoted a portion of a 1937 conversation with a Nazi party official during a dinner in honor of Tom Watson, chairman of IBM. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Josh Gad

Joshua Gad (February 23, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise and playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work in The Book of Mormon, he co-won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, both shared with Andrew Rannells as one of the two leading artists. [Wikipedia]

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Jewish Celebrities, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Islamic Fanaticism is a Reincarnation of Nazism

The behavior exhibited by Hamas should raise alarms for all civilized individuals, demonstrating that such groups and their supporters are unworthy of statehood. When a society revels in human brutality and instills these values in its children, it poses a significant threat to humanity. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Jews and Blacks are Natural Allies, IBSI Founder Tells Ministers and Rabbis

In contrast to Black-Jewish amity, Dumisani Washington said, Arab Muslims have historically enslaved millions of Africans, a practice that still goes on today.  The Palestinian Liberation Organization and its political rival, Hamas, have cynically cozied up to Black leaders to portray themselves as interested in civil rights, but “they couldn’t have cared less; they just wanted other people to think that they did,” Washington declared. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Satire: The Mediator

Seeking the Nobel Peace Prize that eluded him during his first term, Donald Trump hopes to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. When his term is over [if it is ever over] he plans to produce a reality show called The Mediator in which he’ll resolve disputes utilizing his unique approach to making deals. Here’s what the pilot for The Mediator might look like. [Laurie Baron]

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Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Our Twins’ Birthday Celebration Saddened by News of the Bibas Family

Devasting this must be for Yarden Bibas, the father, who was released from captivity on Feb. 1. The coffins carrying his children, Kfir and Ariel, were paraded through the streets like it was a festival.  So was a coffin that Hamas said contained the remains of Yarden’s wife, Shiri, but which Israeli authorities discovered not to be Shiri, but an unknown Gazan woman. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

AJC: That Wasn’t Shiri Bibas’ Body in Coffin Returned by Hamas

“Especially gut wrenching for so many of us is not only the brutal murders of Shiri and Yarden Bibas’s beautiful boys, Ariel and Kfir, but Hamas’ cruel and downright barbaric return of a body that they claimed to be their mother. Their murder, and this added violation of the hostage agreement, is just another horrific example of the unimaginable cruelty that Hamas has inflicted since October 7, 2023. …” [Press Release]

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Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

30 Trailblazing Israeli Women Profiled in ‘Beyond Division’

This book has 30 biographical sketches, which are divided into six sections: 4 Healers; 11 Leaders and Ambassadors; 4 academics; 2 artists; 5 innovators; and 4 philanthropists and entrepreneurs. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors