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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She was known for her comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What’s Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part I (1981), and her Academy Award–nominated roles in Paper Moon (1973) and Blazing Saddles (1974). [Wikipedia]

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Jewish Biography: Osip Mandelstam, Russian Poet Who Renounced Judaism

The famous Russian Soviet poet Osip Mandelstam was baptized into Lutheranism in 1911, at the age of twenty. He renounced his Jewishness in one of his most famous poems, “For the Rattling Valor of the Future Centuries” (1931). (Alex Gordon]

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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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Old Globe’s ‘Huzzah!: Sisters Battle for Control of a Renaissance Faire

If you’ve ever been to a Renaissance Faire, or seen one in passing, then you will really love the new show at The Old Globe Theater.  Huzzah! is an action packed, funny, musical love letter to Ren Faires.  [Sandi Masori]

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Federation Conducts Training Program for Students to Fight Antisemitism

This program is for Jewish high school students to join a research-backed initiative that empowers them to combat antisemitism by sharing their Jewish identity and what it means to them personally. Students are provided the conversational and social tools necessary to navigate rising antisemitism and build strong relationships between Jewish and non-Jewish students. [Cailin Acosta]

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San Diego University Students Increase Their Participation in Hillel

We are seeing administrators take our calls for change seriously. SDSU has again renewed its Antisemitism Task Force charge for the fourth year in a row, UCSD has launched a working group, and CSUSM and USD continue to meet with our team to make things better. It is tireless work, but it is happening. [Karen Parry]

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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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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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