On the eve of the Jewish new year 5782, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.2 million compared to 15.1 million in 5781, according to newly released statistics by The Jewish Agency for Israel. [JAFI news release]
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Travel and Food
This is a novel about a survivor’s guilt. Millie Mosbach, a German-American Jew returns to Berlin immediately after World War II to participate in the denazification program administered by the U.S. Army. She and her brother had left Germany while still teenagers; American benefactors had arranged for her to attend Bryn Mawr College on a scholarship. Foregoing higher education, David was quick to enlist in the Army; he wanted to fight Germans. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
Rep. Sara Jacobs, the second youngest woman in Congress at 32, told CNN is an interview published Saturday that she is freezing her eggs this week to concentrate for now on her political career. [Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego]
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Chris Jennewein, Lifestyles, USA
Last week we read in Nitzavim about standing in place and on this coming Shabbos we read about moving and transitioning in Vayelech. Are we ready to get up and move? I’m not talking about physical exercise, but rather spiritual growth, renewing ourselves from one year to the next. Vayelech [“And he went…”] represents our recognition of the power of moving “forward onward, upward together.” [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
In the September 5, 2011 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
–Israeli oral treatment can protect against all Covid variants.
–An Israeli low-cost health company is coming to the USA.
–An Israeli hi-tech company only employs autistic individuals.
–Free hi-tech industry training for new English-speaking Israeli immigrants.
–With Israeli technology you can star in a movie trailer.
–Israeli swimmers won six gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics.
–A tree grown from a 2,000-year-old seed produced a bumper crop of dates. [Michael Ordman]
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Business & Finance, International, Jewish Religion, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
Published by Loudwire The Party Smasher Sanctuary, run by Suicidal Tendencies and former Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman, was seriously damaged by Hurricane Ida. A tornado touched down nearby, forcing Weinman and wife Jennifer to round up the rescue animals and stash them into a barn. The sanctuary began after Weinman purchased a farm
Published by BANG Showbiz English Sarah Michelle Gellar’s children are “not allowed” on social media. The 44-year-old actress has two children – Charlotte, 11, and Rocky, nine – with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr., and the couple have decided neither of their kids are allowed social media accounts because they are too much “responsibility”. Sarah
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Jewish Celebrities
Last week, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) welcomed students back to campus. But how welcome can the university’s Jewish population feel sharing a campus with a student group whose members have a long history of horrific anti-Semitic social media posts? [JNS.org]
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Travel and Food
A public library system in Philadelphia is promising to make operational changes after drawing criticism for what some community members are considering an effort to indoctrinate children and parents against Israel through books, videos and resource links that show a biased pro-Palestinian agenda. [JNS.org]
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Middle East, USA
. Every year, during the month of Elul, we ask each other and ourselves-where are we? Where are we morally, emotionally, spiritually, and what have we learned? How have we grown? [Heidi Gantwerk]
Federation’s Interim CEO Tells Where We Are at Rosh Hashanah Read More »
Jewish Religion, San Diego County
Published by BANG Showbiz English Monica Lewinsky is pleased to see people apologising for the way women like Britney Spears were treated in the past. The 47-year-old activist and television personality has admitted she relates to the ‘Toxic’ hitmaker because they were both treated negatively by the public in the past due to the way
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Jewish Celebrities
The Jewish New Year presents us with an opportunity to renew ourselves and our world and to look forward to a brighter year ahead. As we gather with friends and family to celebrate the advent of 5782, it is a good moment to take stock of the year that’s passed and to reflect on what we as a people and a society might do to improve our world and ourselves in the year to come. [Esta Epstein and Jonathan Greenblatt]
ADL Offers Reflections for Jewish New Year 5782 Read More »
International, Middle East, USA
Erez Raz, who studied Landscape Architecture at the Technion, has assembled some of the projects he has worked on in recent years, presenting them in an exhibition displaying his varied talents and original approach to combining interior and exterior spaces in public life. The projects presented depict his approach to different stages of urban life, ranging from childhood play through adolescence and sport to adult activities such as shopping and driving. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
A terrorist who went unarmed into a Countdown supermarket in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on Friday afternoon grabbed a knife off a shelf and attacked and injured six shoppers before he was shot and killed by two armed police. The officers were part of a Special Tactics Squad (STS) who have had him under surveillance since 2016 when he was listed as a high security risk for his beliefs. [John Bernard McCormick]
Jihadist Stabs 7 in N.Z. Supermarket Before He is Fatally Shot Read More »
International, John McCormick