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July 4th: America’s 245th birthday, and what it meant for US Jews – The Jerusalem Post

| July 5, 2021

July 4 marks the 245th anniversary of the passing of the Declaration of Independence, a watershed moment in US history that marked the 13 Colonies' path toward independence, celebrated annually as US Independence Day.

Europe to hold first Jewish LGBT+ Pride with prayers and debate – Reuters

| July 5, 2021

(Corrects acronym in second paragraph) LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -Europe will celebrate its first continent-wide Jewish LGBT+ Pride on Saturday against a backdrop of rising concern about anti-Semitism and homophobia in countries such as Hungary, Poland and Germany.

From the Jackson School: Endowed scholarship for India study, book on angels in ancient Jewish culture – UW News

| July 5, 2021

UW and the community | UW Notebook June 29, 2021 Recent news from the Jackson School of International Studies includes a new endowed scholarship for study of India made possible by two alumni, and a book on angels in ancient Jewish culture by Jewish Studies professor Mika Ahuvia.

Yael Bartana on messianic myth, redemption, and the Jewish question – Artforum

| July 5, 2021

Since the early 2000s, Yael Bartana has brought the remnants of the Jewish question into sharp relief. Redemption Now, a survey at Berlins Jewish Museum on through October 10, includes early videos that simultaneously detail and estrange the rituals of Israeli Orthodox Jewish and settler communities. In recent years, her work has grown more formally elaborateand provocativein its choreographies and pre-enactments

Antisemitic Gang Who Assaulted and Robbed Jewish Family in Paris Sentenced by French Court – Algemeiner

| July 5, 2021

Roger Pinto and his son David speaking on Israeli television shortly after their ordeal at the hands of an antisemitic gang in 2017.

People of the bike: Jewish motorcyclists who ride hogs and mow down stigmas – The Times of Israel

| July 5, 2021

WESTPORT, Connecticut A year after Easy Rider came out, Bruce Ente bought his first motorcycle. It was 1970 and Ente, then aged 19, decided what he needed was a Honda CB350. So he spent his bar mitzvah money to make the purchase.

Jewish mother-daughter duo head to the Tokyo Olympics – Cleveland Jewish News

| July 5, 2021

There are many Jewish athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

Elderly Jewish couple confirmed dead in Miami building collapse – The Times of Israel

| July 5, 2021

A Jewish elderly couple was confirmed to be among those killed in the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, last week. The bodies of Leon Oliwkowicz, 80, and his wife Cristina Beatriz (Rus) de Oliwkowicz, 74, were recovered by rescue workers on Sunday and identified later that night. The couple was laid to rest in a traditional Jewish ceremony on Monday

Detroit Public Theatre Brings Strong Tradition to New Venue Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News

| July 5, 2021

Two major moves in progress dramatize the six-year success of the Detroit Public Theatre (DPT) the move into a larger space and the move of its first commissioned play from Motown to Broadway. Sarah Winkler, a longtime New York stage professional who partnered with local stage professionals and community leaders to establish DPT, mustered through the pandemic by collaborating on plans for the new 7,000-square-foot facility and proudly tracking the development of Broadway-bound Birthday Candles


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