Gadot achieved global stardom for her portrayal of Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023), including Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Wonder Woman, Justice League (both 2017), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). [Wikipedia]
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A lot has changed since March 7, 2024. When it comes to the problems of antisemitism on the college campus, he has scarcely been seen. If I did not know better, I would say that he had been missing in action. {Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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In 1940, Ehrenburg came to the USSR from occupied Paris. He returned to the country, where the repression of 1937 proved to him the cruelty of the authorities. The writer received frightening news from Izvestia in 1939: although he continued to be on the newspaper’s staff, his reports and articles would not be published. The USSR was changing its attitude toward Jews because of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. [Alex Gordon]
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Jewish Poets of the Past will feature Yiddish Poet Abraham Sutzkever and Israeli Poet Dahlia Ravikovitch, both recipients of the Israel Prize, that country’s most prestigious award. The program will be held in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC at 7 p.m., Tuesday May 7. [Eileen Wingard]
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Mayor Todd Gloria issued a proclamation on Monday, April 29, declaring it to be “End Jew Hatred Day.”
The proclamation had 11 “whereas clauses.” [SDJW staff]
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Published by NJ.com Princeton University students took over an administrative building at the Ivy League school Monday afternoon, according to the Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment, while Rutgers University protestors have set up an encampment of at least a dozen tents on Voorhees Mall in New Brunswick. The escalating protests come five days after Princeton arrested
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Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Student demonstrators at Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted at US colleges, began to be suspended on Monday after defying an ultimatum to disperse. Authorities at the prestigious university in New York demanded that the protest encampment be cleared by 2:00 pm (1800 GMT)
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Published by Radar Online Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested after a tense confrontation with police at an anti-Israel protest at Washington University over the weekend, RadarOnline.com can report. The startling incident unfolded on Saturday as Stein joined a group of students at the St. Louis, Missouri university to protest the school’s suspected
Published by ANI News Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], April 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed on Monday a proposal for a ceasefire presented to Hamas by Israel, characterising it as “extraordinarily generous,” CNN reported. “In this moment the only thing standing between the people of Gaza and a ceasefire is Hamas,” he told
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Published by Radar Online (CA) U.S. Rep.Ilhan Omar has been accused of “blood libel” by the Anti-Defamation League for calling Jewish college students “pro-genocide” amid escalating protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza, RadarOnline.com can confirm. The Democratic congresswoman made the comment while speaking to a reporter as she attended a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University
Playing Khanan and also stepping into the role of director, Izzy falls in love with Sue-Ann, who portrays Leah. At times brilliant and at times in la-la land, Izzy leads readers on a adventure through S. An-sky’s well-known, memorable play, and through his own disordered mind. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Where are the proudly proclaimed markers of historical Jewish life and contributions in the great European cities? Why are they — we — too often erased or at least, largely invisible from the tours and guidebooks?
Second, for all the glory and achievement, how is it that humankind still hasn’t learned to respect religious, ethnic, and cultural differences, or at least tolerate them? [Karen Galatz]
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In Gaza and the West Bank, governed by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority respectively, LGBTQ+ individuals face severe persecution that contrasts sharply with the freedoms enjoyed in Israel. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]
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Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia City, Nevada and made a fortune at the Comstock Lode. Several places in San Francisco bear his name in remembrance of his life and contributions to the city. [Wikipedia]
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