Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw federal funding from Harvard if it doesn’t comply with his demands presage his ultimate plan to transform the university into a propaganda arm of MAGA ideology. [Laurie Baron]
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For the Treasures from the Music Collection: Shavuot Music program Thursday afternoon, June 5, 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, I will have as my special guest, Rabbi/Cantor Hanan Leberman, the newly appointed spiritual leader of Congregation Tifereth Israel Synagogue. He will not only help introduce the program, but will add a few additional songs of Shavuot. The recorded selections will reflect all aspects of this important holiday. [Eileen Wingard]
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Beth Jacob Congregation on Sunday bid farewell to its spiritual leader of 29 years, as the College-area Orthodox community held a gala filled with heartfelt and often-humorous tributes from congregants, public officials, and family members in honor of Rabbi Avram Bogopulsky and Rebbetzin Leah Bogopulsky. [Jacob Kamaras]
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The communication theory of environmental comfortability discusses how specific environments and architectural styles can make a person comfortable or uncomfortable and, based on that comfort, determine how much a person will engage with that environment. [Rowanne Reifman]
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he U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) last week opened an investigation into a complaint filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish on Campus against California State Polytechnic (Cal Poly), Humboldt. The organizations allege that the university is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by cultivating a campus environment that allowed for the verbal and physical harassment, exclusion, and abuse of Jewish students. [Press Release]
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AB 101 was ill-conceived from the start: no enforceable guidelines, no state standards, no penalties for ignoring guardrails that prohibit discrimination, not even a real definition of what ethnic studies actually means. [Marsha Sutton, Times of San Diego]
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Sumner Redstone (May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies merged in 2019, a year before Redstone’s death), and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain. [Wikipedia]
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He tells us that the “idea of ending one’s profession or work due to old age seems to be antithetical to Jewish thought.” The Talmud Kinim 25a states that Torah scholars’ minds hold firm as they age, and the Talmud Shabbat 152a states that the brains of Jewish scholars grow stronger as they grow older. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Her latest venture is a Mitzvah Power Academy series written for 5- to 10-year-old-readers in which children known as the Haverim Heroes perform good deeds at home, in school, in their community, in space, and during time-travel adventures in which they interact with Jews of the past. [Donald H. Harrison]
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As in every good farce, there are double entendres, slamming doors, odd and reshuffled pairings and lots of miscommunication. In Unnecessary Farce, these qualities are all ramped up to the highest degree. [Eva Trieger]
‘Unnecessary Farce’ Provides Constant Laughs at Scripps Ranch Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
One group of Jews in South Africa were distinguished by their housing arrangements, known as “ostrich palaces.” What does that refer to? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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In We are Black Jews: Ethiopian Jewry and the Journey to Equality in Israel, Roni Fantanesh Malkai provides eye-opening, need-to-know information about the history and difficulties of Ethiopian Jews. We should read it and do our best to get people to treat others as they want others to treat them. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Author Chronicles Israeli Discrimination against Ethiopian Jews Read More »
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Once swallowed, the pill expands to form a rigid triangle, mimicking the presence of food and triggering the sensation of satiety. The device remains in the stomach for several hours before passing into the intestines, where it disintegrates. [Press Release]
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Matt Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known for co-creating South Park (since 1997) and The Book of Mormon (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. [Wikipedia]
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