This novel, written completely in verse, tells of a girl in middle school who sees ghosts, prompting her classmates to tease and taunt her and her parents to disbelieve her. But Anna actually does see them. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Frances Fisher (May 11, 1952) is an American actress. She began her career in theater and later starred as Detective Deborah Saxon in the CBS daytime soap opera The Edge of Night (1976–1981). In film, she is known for her roles in Unforgiven (1992), Titanic (1997), True Crime (1999), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), The Kingdom (2007), In the Valley of Elah (2007), Jolene (2008), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), and The Host (2013). [Wikipedia]
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Aviv Geffen (May 10, 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer-songwriter, music producer and author. In addition to his solo career, Geffen is a founding member of the band Blackfield, he was also the global music director for WeWork. [Wikipedia]
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The ovation for Banks’ expressive playing was such that he returned to the stage for an encore, Sarabande, by Johann Sebastian Bach. It confirmed that this timeless Baroque music was as profoundly beautiful played on an unconventional instrument as on the string instrument for which it was originally written. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eight weeks have come and gone and my time to donate blood reoccurred this week. A few weeks before I am eligible, my cellphone starts ringing with pleas to make an appointment. I am always so honored to receive these calls since it shows how much I mean to the San Diego Blood Bank. [Cailin Acosta]
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o for the colors, taste the flavors and visit India to experience another worldview and new perceptions of our human universe very different from that of the West. Go for the Jewish experience. [David Mendelsohn]
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The truck has set up shop for its soft opening at 1608 Grand Ave. from 8-12 p.m. daily (except Saturday), and its grand opening takes place May 18-19. The first 30 customers will earn a free bagel and schmear (cream cheese). [Jacob Kamaras]
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Heinrich was reported as saying: “War is nothing to enthuse over, it does not civilize, it does not cleanse, it does not make anything true or just, and it does not make people more brotherly.” [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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We find at its core two seemingly distinct yet deeply intertwined commandments: “You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin” (Leviticus 19:36), and the often heard principle, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). [Barrett Holman Leak]
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Charles Rothschild (May 9, 1877 – October 12, 1923) was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family. He is remembered for ‘the Rothschild List’, a list he made in 1915 of 284 sites across Britain that he considered suitable for nature reserves. [Wikipedia]
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This novel for young adults introduces a secret group of unique people who excel at science and art and who’ve self-exiled since Roman times because their ideas were considered heretical by successive authorities. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Staff and Bylined ContributorsOn the surface, a hip-hop musical about an American Founding Father might seem worlds away from the Counting of the Omer (which we are doing now, on our way to Shavuot). However, when we delve into the underlying themes of both, some intriguing parallels emerge, especially concerning progress, reflection, and the anticipation of something significant. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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There’s a common trap we all fall into – becoming so absorbed in our own lives that we lose sensitivity to the experiences of those around us. We stop hearing, stop seeing — not because we’re cruel, but because we’re too self-focused to notice. The Torah, with its eternal wisdom, confronts this human tendency head-on. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
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Naomi Klein (May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism and capitalism. In 2021, Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice, joining the University of British Columbia’s Department of Geography. [Wikipedia]
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