The Promise of Zionism, From the Passover Seder to the Real World – TheTower.org

| April 17, 2017

At my familys Passover seder this year, we read, as we always do, from the traditional Sephardic haggadah, in keeping with the customs of the Jewish communities from Spain and Portugal. But doing so means our guests need to listen to lots of Hebrew, and the occasional prayer or song in Ladino, before we can start eating dinner.

America’s Most Political Food – The New Yorker

| April 17, 2017

Kathleen Purvis, a food editor, wrote, When I learned about Bessingers history, I stopped buying his products.CreditIllustration by David Sandlin In February of 2015, Kathleen Purvis, the food editor of the Charlotte Observer, drove to Birmingham, Alabama, to attend Food Media South, an annual symposium. The keynote session, Hey, You, Pitch Me Something, was meant to be a friendly wind-down to a weekend of talks.

Weekend calendar – Quad City Times

| April 17, 2017

April 20 Songs of the Civil Rights Movement 1:30-2:30 p.m. Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Drive. Illinois musician Chris Vallillo will perform songs of the era that spoke of the yearning for equal rights and the struggle and determination to win freedom

Anti-Defamation League Offers Spicer Holocaust Training After …

| April 17, 2017

Two days after White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accused of making a misleading statement about Hitler's use of chemical weapons, the Anti-Defamation League has offered to help educate him on the Holocaust. During Tuesday's White House press briefing, Spicer compared Adolf Hitler to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after the latter was accused of attacking his own people with chemical weapons last week.

Anti-Defamation League offers Sean Spicer a Holocaust education class – Washington Examiner

| April 17, 2017

The Anti-Defamation League is offering a one-time class about the Holocaust to White House press secretary Sean Spicer following comments he made during a press briefing on how Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons against his own people. "Unfortunately, when the first days of Passover ended and we turned to our phones and televisions yesterday evening, we learned about your comment that Hitler did not gas his own people. Your comparisons between [Syrian dictator Bashar] Assad and Hitler were not only historically inaccurate but they also were inappropriate and offensive," ADL CEO Jonathan A.



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