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Streaming Jewish films and lectures – San Diego Jewish World

| June 26, 2020

Week of June 28, 2020 By Laurie Baron, Ph.D (All times Pacific time) Sunday, June 2811 a.m. Aviva Ben-Ur, Suriname: Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society, Sephardic World 12 p.m.

LETTER: Greenwich Schools Must Diversify Their Faculty; Update Curriculum to Include Narratives of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color – Greenwich…

| June 26, 2020

Open Letter to Greenwich Schools Superintendent Dr.Toni Jones and Deputy Superintendent Anne Carabillo from Nina Hirai, Greenwich High School Class of 19, Wesleyan University Class of 2023 Dear Greenwich PS Administrators and Staff, The recent instances of police brutality against the Black community have propelled the nation to reflect on its history of oppression and racism. With such reflection, Greenwich students felt encouraged to also reflect on our own experiences with race and diversity within the Greenwich Public School (GPS) system K-12

The link between George Orwell, George Floyd and the Jews opinion – The Jerusalem Post

| June 26, 2020

George Orwells iconic book 1984 depicts a dystopian post-revolutionary world in which an all-powerful Party rules a totalitarian universe through the use of Thought Police.In Part Two of the prophetic novel, the protagonist of the story, Winston Smith, tries to impress upon Julia, the woman with whom he is having a dangerous and forbidden love affair, why it is so impossible to rebel against mind control. Do you realize that the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished? he asks rhetorically, during one their trysts, while recounting tales of his time as a forger of records.

The BroadsheetDAILY ~ 6/25/20 ~ The Election Is Over, But the Counting Continues – ebroadsheet.com

| June 26, 2020

Lower Manhattans Local News Tally Dally The Election Is Over, But the Counting Continues The preliminary results in the contested race to represent the 65th Assembly District (which stretches from the Battery to Vesey Street on the West Side and traces a jagged line between Broadway and the East River, topping out just above Houston Street, on the East Side) in Albany favor incumbent Yuh-Line Niou over challenger Grace Lee. Of all the ballots 7,214 ballots cast in Tuesdays Democratic primary, according to the Citys Board of Elections, Ms. Niou garnered 4,440 (or slightly more than 61 percent of the total), while Ms.

A Review of the book Defining Legends – Patch.com

| June 26, 2020

I just finished a book giving to me by a dear Muslim brother. ( To protect his identity, I am going to keep his name anonymous. He is one of the most respected community activists and community organizers in the NJ and NYC area

Anti-Defamation League sends letter to advertisers, urging them to boycott Facebook – AdAge.com

| June 26, 2020

Facebook has been criticized for policy decisions that civil rightsgroups claim allowconspiracy theorists toproliferateand harassment to go unpunished.Facebook has been hammered over a failure to punish the account of President Donald Trump, after he posted a message in May that suggested shooting protesters. Trump posted the message to Facebook and Twitter, and Twitter slapped the tweet with a warning label while Facebook dealt no punishment. It was a divisive message from the president, but Facebook has been in a difficult position catering to forces in Washington and the demands of activists, who want ittotake a harder line.On Thursday, a report in The Wall Street Journalsaid Trumps campaign was bewildered by social media companiesthat have penalized him

Verizon is pulling advertising from Facebook and Instagram – CNBC

| June 26, 2020

Verizon said on Thursday it is pulling advertising on Facebook until the company "can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable." A company spokesperson said the pause applies to both Facebook and Instagram. It comes as marketers including Ben & Jerry's, Patagonia and REI have also said they plan to pause advertising on the platforms. Facebook's stock was down nearly 2% Thursday evening.

Verizon drops Facebook ads after being called out, and Apple shuts stores again: Friday Wake-Up Call – AdAge.com

| June 26, 2020

Just briefly Penn's play: The Stagwell Group late Thursday proposed a merger with MDC Partners in a move that would combine two firms led by Mark Penn into a $2 billion agency group.The combined firms would generate $35 million in cost synergies, Penn estimates. Black, Pride: Ben & Jerrys, Chipotle and streaming services are celebrating Pride with campaigns that also elevate the Black community. Black LGBTQ+ individuals were a large part of New York Citys Stonewall Inn protests of 1969, the start of Pride, writes Ad Ages Ilyse Liffreing

We have been through this before. Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus – PBS NewsHour

| June 26, 2020

Thirty-eight years ago this week, Vincent Chin, an Asian American man, in Detroit, Michigan, died after being attacked because of his race At the time, a growing Japanese auto industry was leading to major job loss in the citys own auto sector, and his killers, two auto workers, mistook him for a Japanese person and used racial slurs when they beat him outside a strip club where he was celebrating his bachelor party. He died from his injuries days later.

Texas pauses reopening as coronavirus cases surge in southern states, plus everything else you missed in business news: CNBC After Hours – CNBC

| June 26, 2020

CNBC.com's MacKenzie Sigalos brings you the day's top business news headlines, and what to watch as the coronavirus pandemic continues sweeping through the U.S.


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