Two glorious sold-out concerts of the Mainly Mozart Festival featured revolutionary music, in keeping with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution this year. [Eileen Wingard]
Selma Blair (June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and the Hellboy franchise. [Wikipedia]
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Secluded and protected by dense forests and foolish local superstition, the Kreskol community continued to live as though the twentieth century had never happened. The residents still speak Yiddish, observe traditional Jewish customs, and know nothing of the Holocaust, the Cold War, automobiles, electricity, TV, or the Internet. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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The basic plot is that Claudio (David T. Patterson) has slept with Juliet (Kayce Wilson) and gotten her pregnant, out of wedlock, which is a crime punishable by death. Angelo (Sam Lilja) the Duke’s cousin and proxy sentences him to death, perhaps because he himself was enamored with Juliet. Claudio’s sister Isabella (Amelia Pedlow), who is a nun in training, comes to Angelo to plead her brother’s case. Angelo offers her an indecent proposal instead. Distressed she runs crying to the Friar (who is actually the Duke in disguise) (Ato Blankson-Wood) who helps her concoct a plan to both save her honor and her brother. Chaos ensues. [Sandi Masori]
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Together with Tamm, developed the quantum theory of the photoelectric effect in metals in 1931 and the band theory of liquid metals in 1933. With Tamm, he published six scientific articles. (Alex Gordon)
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Adam Schiff (June 22, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2024 and in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2000. [Wikipedia]
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It takes a lot of chutzpah to open a theatre at a time when funding for the arts is at a low. It takes even more chutzpah to open a second location in these uncertain economic times. But that’s exactly what brothers, Sean and Connor Boyd have, in great supply! [Eva Trieger]
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David Makovsky (June 21, 1960) is the director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process. He serves as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in the Middle Eastern studies program. {Wikipedia]
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The negative commandments can often be fulfilled alone. They require restraint. The positive mitzvot, however, requires a relationship. You cannot welcome a stranger without a community. [Betzy Lynch]
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StandWithUs, a Jewish defense organization, has taken positions on two international controversies. [SDJW]
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Edith Windsor (June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States. [Wikipedia]
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Jewish Federation of San Diego has welcomed back Heather Wolfson as Senior Director of Leadership and Belonging. (Cailin Acosta)
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People can even learn how to improve themselves from stories about dreams, such as Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching to heaven, found in Genesis 28:10-22. (Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin)
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The Independence Day extravaganza will replicate the recent UFC fight in front of the White House. In this case mothers and children slated for deportation will fight heavily armed ICE agents. Like the UFC, there will be few rules the ICE agents need to heed. Gassing and tasing will be allowed. {Laurie Baron}
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