“Howard’s passion to make a positive impact wherever he went and with everything he did was an inspiration for so many in the community, myself included,” said San Diego City Councilmember Raul Campillo, who arranged for the sign. [Chris Jennewein]
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His books probe which type of Jew serves the nation more faithfully – the court Jew Joseph Süss Oppenheimer from Jew Süss; Yehuda ibn Ezra, the favorite of King Alfonso VIII from The Spanish Ballad; the assimilated and estranged historian and writer, the collaborationist Joseph Flavius in The Jewish War trilogy; Jephthah, the leader and fighter for the national interest in Jephthah and His Daughter; or the revolutionary leader Thomas Wendt (Ernst Toller) in The Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen? [Alex Gordon]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Henry Kissinger (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Born in Germany, Kissinger emigrated to the United States in 1938 as a Jewish
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Published by Benzinga The latest Israeli air strikes in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, have resulted in at least 35 Palestinian deaths and multiple injuries. Among the casualties were the Hamas chief of staff of the Gaza Strip and another senior official. What Happened: The Israeli military launched an air strike on
Doesn’t Major League Baseball realize how insulting it is to dogs to know that marlins and devil rays have teams bearing their names even though neither of those animals can run the bases or catch and retrieve balls? Why honor venomous diamondbacks when dog bites are rarely fatal? [Elona Baron]
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Published by DPA International The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas, following a meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister in Brussels on Sunday. “We must do everything in our power to reach an immediate end of the
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Published by HNGN Sirens were sounding in Tel Aviv Sunday after Hamas launched a rocket atttack at the nation’s largest city. Israeli authorities reported that at least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, where Israel is conducting its own military attack. Israeli military officals said that a number of the
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Jan Schakowsky (May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois’s 9th congressional district since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is anchored in Chicago’s North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan. It also includes many of Chicago’s northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Kenilworth, Mount
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In his 1902 fictional outline for the new Jewish state, Altneuland, the Old New Land, Theodor Herzl wrote, “The plan for building a homeland for the Jewish people must also take into consideration the founding of a Hebrew cement factory.” [Jerry Klinger]
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Her misplaced feelings of guilt prompted her to hide a remarkable inheritance, the gift of being able to visualize the solutions to math problems in her head, similar to the way that television’s Dr. Shaun Murphy of the just concluded The Good Doctor series was able to mentally picture complex medical conditions and interactions. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Beverly Sills (May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an American operatic soprano whose peak career was between the 1950s and 1970s. Although she sang a repertoire from Handel and Mozart to Puccini, Massenet, and Verdi, she was especially renowned for her performances in coloratura soprano roles in live opera and recordings. Sills was largely associated with the operas of Donizetti, of
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By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — On this Memorial Day weekend, I think of Tibor Rubin, a Holocaust survivor who went on to become a U.S. citizen and a Medal of Honor recipient for his bravery during the Korean conflict. He was cited “for extraordinary heroism during the period from July
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Published by IntelliNews By bnm Tehran & Gulf bureaus Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has agreed to an invitation to visit Iran following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, president.ir reported on May 24 This marks the first potential visit by a Saudi royal to Tehran in over two decades, signalling another step
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Published by DPA International Israel’s armed forces were active in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, despite a call by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an immediate end to the military operation in Rafah. Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinian gunmen who had previously fired at the Israelis, the army said.
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