Martin Gilbert (October 25, 1936 – February 3, 2015) was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. [Wikipedia]
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In this book, written for children 4 to 8 years old, a young girl, Gali, believes the henna tradition is “silly” and old-fashioned. She is more impressed that at the wedding itself, she will be a flower girl – a more modern tradition. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Noah’s age mattered. G-d needed someone righteous enough to rebuild humanity, not a young idealist trying righteousness on for size. And, truth be told, the bar for righteousness back then wasn’t sky-high. As the sages point out, being “good” in Noah’s day just meant being less terrible than everyone else. [Betzy Lynch]
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To qualify, applicants must be federal employees (including contractors) in the San Diego Jewish community who are directly affected by the federal furlough. The loan amount is up to $2,500. The guarantor is waived for this specific program only. [Cailin Acosta]
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The book clarifies that “living wondrously,” with feelings of joy, is not about escaping hardship. It is about engaging with life more fully, even in times of pain. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Zac Posen (October 24, 1980) is an American fashion designer. Zachary E. Posen was born and raised in a Jewish family in New York City, residing in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. [Wikipedia]
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She started working in clothing factories in the Lower East Side, only to realize that workers were being treated unfairly. She stood up for the rights of female workers, improving their treatment in America. [Cailin Acosta]
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Thanks to contributions to our Israel Emergency Fund, hope and resilience continue to take root in Sha’ar HaNegev and across Israel. I want to share how your generosity has been put to work as Israel rebuilds, recovers, and looks toward a stronger future. [Heidi Gantwerk]
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The Torah tells us, “Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil continually” (Bereishit 6:5). The generation of the Flood wasn’t destroyed merely for what they did, but for how they thought. Their cognitive distortions, their rigid, self-centered, and morally detached thinking, gave rise to destructive behavior, ultimately drowning their world in chaos. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
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Ilya Frank (October 23, 1908 – June 22, 1990) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. [Wikipedia]
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Following intermission, conductor Gemma New returned to lead the SDSO in Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony. The four-movement work was inspired by Mendelssohn’s nine-month visit to Italy at the age of 21. The music is full of sunshine, opening with a happy theme in the violins. [Eileen Wingard]
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“We will not accept a culture that treats Jewish self-determination as a negotiable ideal or Jewish inclusion as something to be ‘granted.’ The safety and dignity of Jews in every city depend on rejecting that false choice.” [Press Release]
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At the Board of Directors meeting, President Robert Spitzer credited Mariaschin with the organization’s success: “B’nai B’rith is as strong as we are in large measure because of his leadership.” [Press Release]
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To the Sephardic Jewish communities across America, the Sinagoga Major de Barcelona stands as a quiet yet powerful link to our shared heritage. [Kerry Schlossberg]
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