Ari Fleischer (October 13, 1960) is an American media consultant and political aide who served as the 23rd White House press secretary, for President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003. [Wikipedia]
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The Department of Justice confirmed that the search was done with judicial concurrence. It was part of a continuing criminal probe focusing on possible fraud committed by Omar’s late father when the family immigrated to the U.S. The congresswoman was just a girl at the time. (SDJW staff roundup)
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Silberman spent five decades working at the intersection of Jewish community life, youth development, sports, Israel, and camp leadership before stepping into this role. [SDJW staff roundup]
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There are heated debates among Israelis over who is right, but at the same time, all parties are contributing to the creation of a new political impasse—even those calling for unity while excluding those who governed the country on October 7, 2023, that is, the current governing coalition. (Alex Gordon)
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Sidney Weinberg (October 12, 1891 – July 23, 1969) was a long-time leader of the Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs, nicknamed “Mr. Wall Street” by The New York Times and “director’s director” by Fortune magazine. [Wikipedia]
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It’s not strange in the “look how clever we are” way. It just keeps sliding between things , a little mystery, a little romance, a synagogue power struggle, a scene that’s straight-up funny, and about a third of the way in I gave up trying to guess where it was going. (Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.)
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Fiction, Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & SatirePresident Donald Trump may be backing off Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the Dec. 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who has been paralyzed in a wheelchair since the 2009 Fort Hood, Texas, shooting for which he was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. [SDJW staff report]
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In this story, Chanukah is a day away when a bearded postman delivers a letter from the chief rabbi who writes that he is coming to Chelm tomorrow to celebrate Purim. [Donald H. Harrison]
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I have wondered about the spiritual significance of October 7 occurring on Simchat Torah. Not because I believe G-d intended this tragedy, but because our calendar now brings these moments together, asking us to hold grief and renewal in the same sacred space. (Betzy Lynch)
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Ron Leibman (October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019) was an American actor. He won both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 1993 for his performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America. [Wikipedia]
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In the aftermath of World War II, a train carries children away from the poverty of southern Italy toward the possibility of a better life. For one young boy, the journey brings opportunity, but it also forces him to confront difficult questions about family, love and where he belongs. [Cailin Acosta]
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Cailin Acosta, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and FoodThis year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay, on Saturday said the sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday were unheard of and unacceptable. [SDJW staff roundup]
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David Lee Roth (October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three separate periods: from 1974 to 1985, in 1996, and from 2007 to when they disbanded in 2020. [Wikipedia]
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Let me introduce you to my Great Uncle Jacob. I am alive today, along with thousands of my relatives who now reside in Mexico and the United States, because Hashem chose Uncle Jacob to take us out of Triisk, Ukraine, and bring us to Mexico. As a result, we were all saved from the Nazi invasion of Ukraine in 1941, except for one sibling who chose to stay in Triisk. [Avraham Dimensteim]
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