Zeal, even when righteous, is best when it is refined. Because unchecked passion, even for truth, can destabilize us emotionally and spiritually. Hashem honors Pinchas, yet tempers him. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
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Arthur S. Obermayer (July 17, 1931 – January 10, 2016) was an American chemist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. After selling Moleculon Research Corporation in Cambridge, Mass., “which he founded in the 1960s, [he and his wife Judith] became influential philanthropists and activists for a variety of causes, from state politics, where the couple helped to elect the first Roman Catholic priest to the US House of Representatives, to entrepreneurship. [Wikipedia]
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LA MESA, California – In one week, the nerds and geeks will invade San Diego for the 2025 Comic-Con. This will be the last year my “super cool teens” get to attend with child passes, since next year, we will have to purchase them. This will be my first year attending. I am a proud
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The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA) welcomed new guidance from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) encouraging federal agencies to approve religious accommodations for federal workers, including telework and flexible scheduling. [Press Release]
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Sombreros are not worn in Israel, but I wear one. And here’s what happened to me and my sombrero. [Alex Gordon]
Mah Zeh? A Sombrero in Israel Read More »
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Irwin Rose (July 16, 1926 – June 2, 2015) was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. [Wikipedia]
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My humans are moving next week into a senior community. They have assured me there’s a dog park there, but I fear that ICE (Incarcerating Canine Enemies) agents will wait there to arrest dogs who hail from foreign breeds. [Elona Baron as barked to Laurie Baron]
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Mahmoud Khalid – a former student leader at Columbia threatened with deportation – was not only released from detention for his protest activity but is now poised to sue President Trump for $20 million for violating his civil rights. (Bruce S. Ticker)
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This mystery novel portrays the tranquil marriage of a gay couple in San Diego while detailing the back-rubbing and back-biting at an academic institution, fictitiously set at UC San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Humans are prone to seeing patterns or causes—divine wrath, conspiracies, or supernatural interference—where none exist. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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The earliest manuscripts of the Torah and New Testament were not like today’s texts. The Bibles were written without spaces in between words. The Hebrew manuscripts did not have vowels, chapters, or verses. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. [Wikipedia]
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When plants emitted distress sounds, the female moths chose healthy plants that were not emitting such sounds. These sounds are ultrasonic, beyond the hearing range of the human ear, but they are audible to the moths. [Press Release]
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As I read stone after stone- often multiple stones at one household, I sadly reflected on the parallels of what unfolded in 1930’s Germany and what is unfolding in this country within our own neighborhoods. [Lisa Ashkins]
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