Moses Gaster (September 17, 1856 – March 5, 1939) was a Romanian, later British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. [Wikipedia]
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Two departments of the federal government and Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) of Harrogate, Tennessee, have reached a settlement in a case in which Jewish medical students have complained of discrimination, it was reported by the Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law. (Press Release)
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Steinem inspired me to join the National Organization for Women, march for the Equal Rights Amendment, fight for abortion rights, demand equal pay, understand that rape victims never “ask for it” or deserve it, keep my own last name, not be embarrassed by my 5-foot 10-inch frame, pay my own way, and speak up for justice, human rights and deeply held values. [Marsha Sutton}
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My husband started singing the “Everything’s going to be alright” song right after the first mammogram showed an anomaly. He repeated it after the second diagnostic mammogram confirmed “there’s something there,” and in the days and sleepless nights while we waited for that biopsy report. [Karen Galatz]
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The Secure Community Network reports that “According to federal authorities, [a] 21-year-old Pennsylvania man was charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit terrorism on behalf of ISIS. [SDJW staff]
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It does not commemorate the destruction of the Temple, the land of Israel, or even a building. It commemorates the killing of a person—and the disastrous consequences that followed. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Fast of Gedaliah commemorates a political assassination Read More »
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Who doesn’t remember those awkward high school years? Thinking that you’re the only lonely kid in the school while everyone else is feeling just as awkward and lonely. Dear Evan Hansen currently playing at Cygnet takes those feelings and multiplies them by 1000. [Sandi Masori]
Cygnet’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is the Olympics of awkwardness… but in a good way. Read More »
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Allan Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. [Wikipedia]
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The novel The Radetzky March, written in 1932, is a text of astonishing beauty and inner coherence, permeated by a sense of sadness, disintegration, and loss. The novel’s title refers to Johann Strauss’s famous march The Radetzky March, composed in 1848. [Alex Gordon, Ph.D.]
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We shared moments of joy and celebration. We learned together, moved together, laughed together, and showed up for one another. We gathered around Jewish culture, ideas, music, stories, holidays, and traditions. We watched children grow, friendships deepen, families connect, and people of every age find a place to belong. [Liz Nederlander Coden and Hannah Cohen]
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Rav Nahman of Breslov taught: The whole world is a narrow bridge— and the essential thing is not to be afraid. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
High Holiday wisdom in poetry and prose Read More »
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During the ceremony, representatives from the two organizations presented the first responders and members of the United States Navy with a certificate featuring Jewish National Fund-USA and KKL-JNF’s 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem — the only memorial of its kind outside the United States that lists the names of all those who perished on that infamous day. [Press Release]
JNF-USA and Chabad Hebrew Academy team to honor first responders Read More »
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Serge Haroche (September 11, 1944) is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland for “ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”, a study of the particle of light, the photon. [Wikipedia]
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Conspiratorial claims about 9/11 have significantly evolved in the 25 years since the terror attacks of that day, becoming deeply embedded into a broader extremist and antisemitic worldview, propelled by new technologies and embraced by new generations. [Press Release]
Antisemitic conspiracy theories abound around 25th anniversary of 9/11 Read More »
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