Rep. Jacobs, 47 Others, Call for Lifting Sanctions on Afghanistan

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) led a letter to the White House on Monday calling on the Biden administration to urgently update U.S. policies to address the humanitarian and economic collapse in Afghanistan. The letter was led by Jacobs and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and CPC Vice Chair Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL-04) and was signed by four dozen members. [Rep. Sara Jacobs]

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International, San Diego County, USA

Beatles Fan Turns His Hobby into a Museum

When he’s not Robert J. Entel, MD, MPH, FACR, practicing radiology at Mease hospitals in Dunedin and Countryside and Morton Plant hospitals in Clearwater and New Port Richey, he can often be found in Penny Lane at 730 Broadway in Dunedin, surrounded by an astonishing collection of Beatles memorabilia. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Movie review: Joel Coen’s black-and-white ‘Macbeth’ a masterful modern retelling

Published by Tribune News Service Considering that Shakespeare himself had to navigate various plagues and pandemics in his theatrical career, it’s almost too appropriate that the filming of Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. It’s not the only way in which the 400-year-old play feels startlingly

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Jewish Celebrities

Artist Frieda Salvendy Commemorated in British Town of Her Retirement

Frieda Salvendy moved to Malvern sometime after the end of the Second World War, and died here, in obscurity, in 1965.  A short notice of her death was placed in the local paper and probate details gave her address in Alexandra Road.  Beyond that, it would appear that very few, if any, knew of her existence, or that she had been an eminent European artist. [JASHP}

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Constant, Endemic Violence Between Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arabs

Israel’s situation remains dicey.  We haven’t had a strong attack on us for some years, although Iran is a serious threat.  But there have been enough reminders that we’re not really welcome in this region. Individual attacks and some killings of Israelis in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Satire: ‘The Trump is Still Conspiring’

Come Sinema and Manchin
Please heed the call
Don’t block Build Back Better                                                                                                                 
And cause Biden’s downfall.   
Dems will lose midterms  
If it gets stalled…. {Laurie Baron, Ph.D]                            

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Ethics Trump Halakha in Jewish Religion

Most people, Jews and non-Jews, think that Judaism prefers that Jews observe Jewish Law, called halakha, rather than ethics, and if the two come in conflict the Jew must follow the halakha. Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn shows in his excellent easy to understand book To be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values that they are wrong. What are Jewish Ethics? How does it differ from Jewish law? [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

Chelsea owner Abramovich gets Portuguese citizenship

Published by Reuters By Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) – Billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has become a Portuguese citizen, adding the European Union member country’s passport to his Russian and Israeli ones. A spokesperson for Abramovich confirmed a report by Portuguese newspaper Publico on Saturday which cited justice ministry documents as saying the

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Jewish Celebrities

Aaron Sorkin hits out at ’empty gesture’ of gay actors in gay roles

Published by BANG Showbiz English Aaron Sorkin thinks only casting gay actors as gay characters is an “empty gesture” and a “bad idea”. The 60-year-old filmmaker has slammed criticism of Spanish actor Javier Bardem being cast as Cuban Desi Arnaz in his new movie ‘Being the Ricardos’ and insisted the segregation happening in the industry

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Jewish Celebrities

Tel Aviv Study Indicates Medical Cannabis Oil May Ease Autism Symptoms

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by PhD student Shani Poleg and Prof. Daniel Offen of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Felsenstein Medical Research Center and Sagol School of Neuroscience, have successfully treated autism in animal models with medical cannabis oil. The researchers found that this treatment improves both behavioral and biochemical parameters of autism. The results of the surprising study were published in Translational Psychology published by Nature. [Tel Aviv University]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education