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Egyptian mummies paraded through Cairo on way to new museum

By Nadeen Ebrahim CAIRO (Reuters) -A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour. The convoy transported 18 kings and four queens, mostly from the New Kingdom, from the Egyptian Museum in central […]

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Rabbi Dosick provides advice on ‘Radical Loving’

Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People,  written by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, begins with the statement, “What an incredible time it is to be alive!”  Immediately the reader is asked to question the author’s opinion “Is it really?”  We turn the page and so begins an anecdote of a village of rice growers and how wonderful their lives are.  Then in an instant, a terrible storm causes a flood that completely destroys their village and their food supply of rice fields. Thanks to one of the village elders, the people were warned ahead of time and were able to escape to higher elevation and were saved.  The anecdote ends of course with a message:  “The village and the fields can rise up again. And the villagers can forever tell the tale.”  Rabbi Dosick is calling on the world to band together and to not forget that we are “One World, One People” and stronger together.  We the readers are the villagers and as my Aunt Nancy has told me, my generation and the next,will be retelling our tale of the 2020 pandemic to our grandchildren for years to come. [Heather Z. Rothstain]

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Amanda Gorman says her speech impediment helped make her ‘that much stronger of a writer’

Amanda Gorman says her speech impediment is anything but. The Los Angeles-born poet, who became an overnight sensation after reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration in January, spoke about her journey with Oprah Winfrey for an upcoming episode of “The Oprah Conversation.” “I was born early, along with my twin.

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Suspect in Manhattan attack on Asian woman charged with assault as a hate crime

By Peter Szekely and Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York man previously convicted of murdering his mother has been arrested and charged with assaulting a 65-year-old Asian woman in a hate crime, an attack captured on a video that went viral amid a rise in anti-Asian incidents in the United States. Police identified

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Good News from Israel (March 30, 2021)

In the March 30, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Israelis were able to celebrate Passover again with their families and friends.
–On World Water Day a JNF video shows desert city Beersheva is now a water city.
–Three Israeli nanosatellites have been launched into a synchronized orbit.
–Israel is developing the world’s smartest microprocessors.
–Two more Israeli companies have become worth more than $1 billion.
–Israel’s Linoy Ashram won two world medals in rhythmic gymnastics.
–Israel broke two matzah world records without breaking a single matzah. [Michael Ordman]

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Satire: Racing Towards Election Integrity

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 33 states have introduced 165 bills purportedly to guarantee election integrity, but really to suppress the votes of core Democratic constituencies like ethnic immigrants and people of color.  To fend off charges of racism, these states are now trying to disguise the real intent of such legislation.  Here are some examples: [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

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Obituaries provide much to learn and ponder

I often read the obituaries of people I have never met, and often find myself regretting that life hadn’t afforded me the opportunity to sit down with them and benefit from hearing their stories and life experiences.  In today’s San Diego Union-Tribune there were 4 ½ pages of paid obituaries, and many of them had an endearing fact or two about the deceased family member.  Below I pull brief quotes from 22 of them so you can see what I mean. If you’re like me, I bet you also would have enjoyed meeting each one of these remarkable people. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Good News from Israel (March 21, 2021)

The March 21, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news includes the following highlihts:

• With half the population fully vaccinated, Israel’s Covid-19 infection rates have plummeted.
• The UK benefits from two more Israeli medical innovations.
• Many Israeli activities for Good Deeds Day – the country where it began 14 years ago.
• Israeli-designed Instagram Lite is rolled out to 170 countries.
• Israelis enjoy newly opened parks, restaurants, entertainment and sporting events.
• Kosovo opens its Jerusalem embassy.
• 1900-year-old Jewish relics discovered in Dead Sea cave. [Michael Ordman]

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The Political E-Mailbag (March 15, 2021)

MAZON: The Jewish Response to Hunger, on Monday applauded the confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, to be U.S. Interior Secretary, the first Native American to hold the post.  Also, on Monday, President Joe Biden announced he is nominating Jamie Simms Hipp, a member of the Chickasaw Nation and CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, to serve as general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Caution urged as Jewish facilities reopen

The Secure Community Network (SCN), as the official safety and security organization of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, has sent an alert to several thousand security directors, liaisons and heads of organizations and facilities, warning them to be vigilant as they begin to reopen their facilities. [Secure Community Network press release]

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In San Diego, it was lox, bagel and ‘pi’ day

Initially, the event on Sunday, March 14, was advertised by the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club as a lox and bagel brunch, during which members could gather by Zoom and discuss how the coronavirus pandemic affected them, and what they look most forward to when it is over.  Members were invited to drive to the synagogue’s parking lot, where a boxed lox n’ bagel meal would be waiting for them. As my wife Nancy had some errands to run in the neighborhood of the synagogue, she volunteered to pick up the boxed brunch.  Inside of the box were two individual fruit pies — one apple, another cherry — in addition to the advertised lox, bagels and cream cheese.   How come?  “It’s pi day,” explained Bram Rubinstein, a Men’s Club member. [Donald H. Harrison]

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