When plants emitted distress sounds, the female moths chose healthy plants that were not emitting such sounds. These sounds are ultrasonic, beyond the hearing range of the human ear, but they are audible to the moths. [Press Release]
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As I read stone after stone- often multiple stones at one household, I sadly reflected on the parallels of what unfolded in 1930’s Germany and what is unfolding in this country within our own neighborhoods. [Lisa Ashkins]
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We join the cast as they doing their tech rehearsal for the play within the play with the director Lloyd (James Waterston) coming up and down the aisles as he calls out directions to the cast. [Sandi Masori]
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Swaggart had a mixed relationship with the Jewish community. He said he loved the Jewish people and Israel, but he also said “I love the Jewish people…When you have true love for a people…it comes as an abrupt shock when they don’t reciprocate…” What else did he have to say about Jews? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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In Brandes’s opinion, understanding is not enough for a critic; they need a special intuition, an “intuitive” penetration into the depths of the life they are studying. Brandes was opposed to aestheticism in literature and the theory of “art for art’s sake.” [Alex Gordon]
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Jerry Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s. [Wikipedia]
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Giving these individuals something that is homemade means a lot to them, and this is what sets “Stitches” apart from other nonprofit organizations. [Cailin Acosta]
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Children exposed to higher levels of war-related disruption scored lower on cognitive assessments, including reading and language tasks. But even more striking were the changes in their brain scans. [Press Release]
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Ehud Manor (July 13, 1941 – April 12, 2005) was an Israeli lyricist, translator, poet and radio and TV personality. He is widely considered to have been Israel’s most prolific lyricist of all time, having written or translated over 1,000 songs. In 1998, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his exceptional contributions to Israeli music. [Wikipedia]
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Jewish wedding ceremonies are filled with symbolism. The fundamental elements of a wedding are the chuppah (the wedding canopy), the statement made by the groom to his bride, in which he declares his intention to take her as his wife, and her acceptance of him. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Had he been born 40 years later, the world might rank his comedic genius at a par with those of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. [Donald H. Harrison]
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The AI chatbot Grok went on an antisemitic rant on July 8, 2025, posting memes, tropes and conspiracy theories used to denigrate Jewish people on the X platform. It also invoked Hitler in a favorable context. [The Conversation]
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AntisemitismThe Jewish leadership reacted to the mass conversions after 1391 by attempting to convince their lost brethren to return to Judaism, pointing out what they considered to be the illogical elements of Christian belief. One of the attempts was a short book written by Hasdai Crescas in 1398, The Refutation of the Christian Principles. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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We find ourselves at the heart of this ancient drama, where a Moabite king, Balak, gripped by fear of the burgeoning Israelite nation, seeks to harness the power of a renowned prophet, Balaam, to curse them. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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