Iona Yakir (August 3, 1896 – June 12, 1937) was a Red Army commander and one of the world’s major military reformers between World War I and World War II. He was an early and major military victim of the Great Purge, alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky. [Wikipedia]
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Our tenacity has enabled us, generation after generation, to find our way back, to Shabbat tables, holiday celebrations, Torah, prayer, acts of kindness, and one another. We may wander, but we never lose the invitation to return. (Betzy Lynch)
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I attended the House of Israel’s 75th birthday celebration Sunday on the Balboa Park international cottages lawn. Many organizations participated in the celebration. (Robin Dishman)
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Jacky Rosen (August 2, 1957) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the U.S. representative for Nevada’s 3rd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. [Wikipedia]
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A family tradition invites a representative of each generation to add her own touch to the recipe. Greatgrandma (Nana) added raisins to the mixture; grandma (Bubbe) added diced onions; Stella’s mother (Mama)added crushed garlic; and after much consideration, Stella chose to add a drizzle of honey. [Donald H. Harrison]
While you are clearly very good at refocusing your own demons, you are pretty terrible in your methods of attack. As America’s Rebbitzman, I feel obligated to help you be a better antisemite. This isn’t for your benefit, mind you, it’s for the rest of us. If we are forced to constantly engage with you, we want it to be a challenge. (Joshua Kail)
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Helena Nordheim (August 1, 1903 – July 2, 1943) was a Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam. With her team, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [Wikipedia]
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Presented in a staged reading at New Village Arts, the show tells the stories of Hannah Senesh and Rudolf Kastner, two Hungarian Jews remembered very differently by history. [Sandi Masori]
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Asked which Roddenberry principle should be carried into the franchise’s next 60 years, Takei chose IDIC, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. He explained that diversity includes the histories people carry, the ways they respond, and what they learn from one another. (Shor M. Masori)
Words in Jewish tradition are never merely sounds. They have weight, texture, and a kind of soul of their own. Once released, they do not simply vanish into the air; they disclose what is hidden in the human heart and then take on a life of their own. This week’s parsha returns to that truth with particular force. (Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel)
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B. J. Novak (July 31, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, author, and producer. He gained traction as a comedian during the early 2000s before becoming an actor for the MTV reality prank show Punk’d (2003). Novak had his breakout with a main role as Ryan Howard on seasons 1–8 of the NBC mockumentary sitcom The Office (2005–2013). [Wikipedia]
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Michael Braun shines as Cyrano, though I thought it was an interesting choice on the part of director Annie Tippe to cast someone with a tiny little button nose and then choose not to use prosthetics. [Sandi Masori]
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Despite my paucity of understanding gaming, I did understand the director’s message about the “weird, nerdy, overly imaginative” teens who found comfort in the fantasy game, and along the way, discovered a peer group. I also gleaned how Agnes Evans (Dr. Heather Warren) entered her deceased sister’s world to better understand who Tilly was. [Eva Trieger]
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Jewish horror writer Max Brooks told the audience at a Comic-Con panel titled “Creature Feature Reboot: Monsters of Horror” that the present is a scary time, though not necessarily a dark one. It is a time of change, and human beings hate the unknown. (Shor M. Masori)
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