‘Lego Ninjago’ latest offering in an animated series

the prophecy of the Green Ninja bears some resemblance to when Moshiach (the anointed one) comes. In both traditions, a chosen figure is expected to confront a powerful force of evil before helping usher in an era of peace. While the stories arise from very different religious and cultural traditions, the narrative parallels are intriguing. [Cailin Acosta]

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Holocaust-related postage stamps subjects for Comic-Con panel

The panelists discussed “Operation Mail,” a Nazi initiative launched during the summer of 1942 that used prisoner correspondence as both propaganda and a means of gathering intelligence. Prisoners were required to state that they were in good health and that their “resettlement” was going well, creating the false impression that conditions in the camps were humane. (Cailin Acosta)

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe (July 23, 1989) at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in the Hammersmith district of London, the only child of casting agent Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan George Radcliffe. His Jewish mother, born in South Africa, traces her ancestry to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, and was raised in the English town of Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex. [Wikipedia]

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B’nai Mitzvah of two 83-year-old men at Wesley Palms

Why have a second Bar Mitzvah at the age of 83?  Psalm 90:10 reads, “The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty, if we have the strength.” Thirteen years later, at age 83, a Jew could be considered to be entering adulthood and recommitting his- or herself to Judaism not unlike couples who opt to renew their marriage vows at a landmark anniversary. [Laurie Baron]

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Simon Wiesenthal Center blasts NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

“Mayor Mamdani did not simply express a personal political opinion. He used the authority, symbolism and credibility of the mayor’s office to issue what amounted to an official public address declaring that the democratically elected leader of the world’s only Jewish state is a ‘war criminal’ who is ‘not welcome in New York City. [Press Release]

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