Published by BANG Showbiz English Scarlett Johansson is reportedly pregnant. The 36-year-old actress – who already has daughter Rose, six, with her ex-husband Romain Dauriac – is expecting her first child with husband Colin Jost and it won’t be long until she gives birth, multiple sources confirmed to the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
When you walk into a synagogue what do you feel? This week’s double reading, Matot and Massei, on the Shabbat that is the first day of the auspicious month of Av, offers us some insight into this question. After all, these readings teach of a new phase in the history of our heritage, the settlement period when we began to find permanent homes for ourselves. Is that what your synagogue is for you? [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament failed on Tuesday to renew a disputed law that bars granting citizenship or residency to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who are married to Israeli citizens, dealing a setback to the new coalition government. An early-morning vote in the Knesset (parliament) tied at 59-59, short
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Middle East
Published by Reuters By Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The death toll from a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium rose by four to 32, officials said on Tuesday, as rescue workers braced for a tropical storm and relatives of a deceased family of four prepared for the disaster’s first funeral. A total of 113 people remained
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USA
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel reported on Monday a decrease in the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infections and symptomatic illness but said it remained highly effective in preventing serious illness. The decline coincided with the spread of the Delta variant and the end of social distancing restrictions in Israel.
After more than a year absence because of the coronavirus pandemic, the House of Pacific Relations in Balboa Park reopened to visitors over the July 4th weekend. So named because relations among nations should be “pacific” or “peaceful” — and not a reference to the ocean that washes San Diego’s shores — The House of Pacific Relations includes the House of Israel (HOI), which marked the reopening with a flag raising ceremony. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
The numbers three and seven occur well over a hundred times in Judaism, as do their combination the number ten. The fast day of Tisha b’Av, meaning the ninth day of the Hebrew month Av, seems to be an exception – but is it an exception? [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Rumsfeld was an admirer and strong supporter of Israel and a critic of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, who he felt had not really transformed from a terrorist to a statesman. However, what is one area where Rumsfeld did not support Israel? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
A party was held for Isaac Herzog on Monday, July 5, the day he officially retired as chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and two days before he assumes office as the next president of the nation of Israel, succeeding Reuven Rivlin. Among those joining the celebration were Metadel Sisai, 14, an immigrant from Ethiopia, and Oliana Goodim, an 11 year old immigrant from the Ukraine. ““Even if your new surroundings seem unfamiliar to you, just remember it is your home in the same way that Israel is our home,” the two youngsters advised the incoming President. [Based on material from Jewish Agency for Israel]
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Middle East
I believe some of the most important unsung heroes of non-Orthodox Judaism are the spouses of pulpit rabbis. We don’t pay them, but more often than not, we expect them to devote their lives to our synagogues. We want them to attend every social occasion, be there near the front of the sanctuary on Shabbat evening and morning, to recognize all of us by first and last name, and to be able to chant the blessings before and after the reading of the Torah whenever someone is needed for an aliyah. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, USA
Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – Hundreds have gathered every day at The Shul of Bal Harbour, a synagogue near the Florida condominium complex that partially collapsed last week, to pray that survivors will be found. Other members of Surfside’s Jewish community have offered food, water and emotional support to search
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Jewish Religion
Published by Reuters By Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The partially collapsed Miami-area condo where 24 people are confirmed dead was demolished on Sunday night, ahead of the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa. Search-and-rescue efforts for 121 people missing have been suspended. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters earlier on Sunday that
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USA
Published by BANG Showbiz English Henry Winkler wants to see the US reunite. The 75-year-old actor – who played Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli in ‘Happy Days’ – has taken to Twitter to bemoan perceived divisions in American society. He wrote on the micro-blogging platform: “We are So divided as a country .. only a cataclysmic Event
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Published by DPA Dutch King Willem-Alexander paid a visit to the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin on Monday hours after arriving in the German capital on a state visit with Queen Maxima. The royal couple were also to pay a visit to the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s official disease control body that has played a
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