Our tradition teaches that silence in the face of suffering is not neutral. As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel reminds us: ‘In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.’ [Press Release]
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“It is long past time to end the Gaza conflict, with the return of all hostages and the end of military operations. But an active war zone is no excuse for not doing everything possible to prevent the unnecessary suffering confronting Palestinians who are caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hamas. [Press Release]
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The new collaboration announced this week will offer undergraduate students at Harvard College year-round opportunities to study and earn credit toward their degree at BGU beginning in spring 2026. [Press Release]
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More than 50 college faculty members from the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), including two professors from UC San Diego, stood with more than 700 college students at the Israel on Campus (ICC) National Leadership Summit (NLS) in Washington, DC, to strategize ways to work together to combat rising antisemitism on campuses nationwide. [Press Release]
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Across the Times’ editorial pages, a Brown University professor and a Times columnist sparred over whether Israel’s attacks on Gaza are equivalent to genocide. They each managed to undermine their own arguments. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Theda Bara (July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the more popular actresses of the silent era and one of cinema’s early sex symbols. Her femme fatale roles earned her the nickname “The Vamp” (short for vampire, here meaning a seductive woman), later fueling the rising popularity in “vamp” roles based in exoticism and sexual domination. [Wikipedia]
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Next, I asked a retired reporter who had worked at NPR and had been Director of Voice of America, Southeast Asia. She answered, “That’s a good question.” She paused for a while, then said, “Wherever truth is told.” [Claudia S. Gold]
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He popped a yarmulke on his head and declared himself converted to Judaism. What did he then decide to give up for Lent as a Jew? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Susan Roces (July 28, 1941 – May 20, 2022) was a Filipino actress. She was the wife of Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe Jr. Roces was regarded as the “Queen of Philippine Movies” and starred in over 130 films and television programs. [Wikipedia]
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The writer’s friends, including Franz Kafka, considered Werfel to be the prophet of their generation—the generation of expressionists. But, as Thomas Mann wrote, “He was too richly gifted and too great a personality to confine himself within the framework of a single school, and he went far beyond the boundaries of Expressionism.” [Alex Gordon]
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How thrilled I was this week to receive my sister, violinist Zina Schiff’s latest CD, Alan Hovhaness, part of NAXOS’s American Classics, and to read on page 4 of the liner notes, “This release is dedicated to my first violin teacher, my sister Eileen, who encouraged me to explore and promote American music.”[Eileen Wingard]
If you had a red triangle, you were classified as a political prisoner who was opposed to the Nazi regime. A green triangle designated habitual criminals, purple triangles were Jehovah’s Witnesses, black triangles were a-sexual or designated gypsies, more accurately known as Senti-Roma. The yellow triangle was to identify the Jews… (Cailin Acosta)
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In Hebrew, Kadima means Forward. It’s always reassuring that an automobile can go forward. But just as reassuring is that a car can also go Achora, backwards. David Harrison, a resident of Contra Costa County, spotted this Jewish-interest license plate. [SDJW staff]
Norman Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows. [Wikipedia]
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