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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Her book not only informs readers about the Bible, the history and mindset of the times, but also about the effects of all of this then and today. Most of the 286 pages are composed with the primary text in the top half, with an abundance of intriguing, informative details in the notes below. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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For Jewish communities across America, October 7th was not only a national tragedy for Israel but also a moral call to action. Sexual violence as a weapon of war left deep scars on survivors and shook Israel’s social fabric. [Press Release]
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Jailyn Osborne is a multifaceted phenom, who began her acting career at 6 months of age, continued to perform, create and entertain continuously through her teens and 20s while attending college and honing her craft. [Eva Trieger]
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Naomi Ackerman will perform her one-woman show “Flowers Aren’t Enough” at Tifereth Israel Synagogue at 2 p.m. (doors open at 1:00 p.m.), on Sunday, Nov. 2. [Cailin Acosta]
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Frank Lowy (October 22, 1930) is an Australian and Israeli businessman and the former long-time chairman of Westfield Corporation, a global shopping centre company with US$29.3 billion of assets under management in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. [Wikipedia]
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