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Cape Verde lists Jewish cemeteries as heritage sites – The Times of Israel

| August 11, 2017

WASHINGTON The government of Cape Verde listed the island nations Jewish cemeteries and some other structures as heritage sites. A Washington-based group, the Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, announced the June 29 designation of the sites as part of the countrys National Historical Patrimony this week in an email to its members. The designation means that the cemeteries may not be destroyed and that a number of buildings with Jewish associations may not be altered, the groups president, Carol Castiel, told JTA

Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: August 10, 2017 – Haaretz

| August 11, 2017

How Sheryl Sandberg, Natalie Portman & Howard Schultz cope with imposter syndrome | Intel completes Mobileye purchase | New Air-Krafts Have our people emailyour people.

First Read For Aug 11 – Jewish Week

| August 11, 2017

Glen Campbell, Messianic Jew, has died at 81 Glen Campbell, the country music star who died this week at 81 from Alzheimers disease, was a Messianic Jew for the last two decades of his life, JTA reports. He and his wife Kim attended services at a synagogue near their home in Malibu, and they celebrated major Jewish holidays, such as Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Hanukkah. Messianic Judaism combines Jewish traditions with the idea that Jesus Christ is the coming Messiah.

Mission to Ukraine, Israel shows power of JFSA giving – Jewish Post

| August 11, 2017

Afew months ago, I accepted the daunting responsibility to chair the 2018 campaign for the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona. I have been a staunch supporter of the Federation since I moved to Tucson 37 years ago, and having recently retired from Tucson Hebrew Academy as their director of admissions, I knew it was the right time to volunteer my efforts to a cause I hold dear to my heart

Hasidic congregation secures $8M in public funding – Times Herald-Record

| August 11, 2017

Chris McKenna Times Herald-Record @ChrisMcKenna845 An Orange County agency agreed to issue $8 million in tax-exempt bonds for a Hasidic congregation in June, money that the group misleadingly said it would use to buy the two boys schools and surrounding property that it had been renting on County Route 105 in Monroe and Woodbury.

A factual fictional look inside Brooklyn’s Hasidic community – The Boston Globe

| August 11, 2017

Menashe Lusting (left) with Menashe director Joshua Weinstein. Its hard to make a documentary when your subjects wont talk to you

Who owns America’s oldest synagogue? Ruling backs Sephardim over Ashkenazim – The Jewish Standard

| August 11, 2017

The story of Americas oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history.

PokerStars Explains Its Turn Away from Serious Players as Revenues Shift – CardsChat.com

| August 11, 2017

PokerStars needed to become more entertaining to the masses, Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi said, which is why his company has shifted its focus away from efforts that appeal to skilled players. Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi tells viewers of Bloomberg TV that hes pleased with the companys current business plan, with the positive results flowing as the site turns away from serious pro players. (Image: Bloomberg.com) Speaking to Bloomberg in his first TV interview since taking charge of the recently renamed The Stars Group (formerly Amaya), Ashkenazi explained that hes currently sizing up merger and acquisition opportunities

Brandeis course fields competition between Team Latke and Team Hamentashn – Brandeis University

| August 11, 2017

Are you Team Latke or Team Hamentashn? By Julian Cardillo 14 and Caroline CataldoAug. 10, 2017 Deciding which of these two Jewish culinary staples is the most quintessentially Jewish would be much easier if there was a cook-off, tasting and debate pitting one against the other.

Poker Site Wants Card Sharks to Fold So the Rest of Us Can Win – Bloomberg

| August 11, 2017

PokerStars has a stern, and unusual, message for some of its most passionate clients: Quit winning so much. PokerStars says these gamblers -- semi-professional types who play hand after hand day and night -- became a problem after they grew too numerous and have taken advantage of the thousands of novice bettors who account for the lions share of all wagers made on the worlds largest poker website.


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