The Jewish connection of the Battle of Beersheba – The Jerusalem Post
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The Battle of Beersheba was a significant turning point in world history.
My German-Jewish grandmothers childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust. It is one of the few that did. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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(JTA) In 1916, in the picturesque German village of Heinebach, a 14-year-old girl named Elisabeth Schmidtkunz penned a sweet message in her classmate Jenny Katzs autograph book. Jenny! Get to know people, wrote Elisabeth.
‘Gonna See Blood on These White Polos’: Far-Right Leader Discussed Raising an Army and Killing Jewish People – The Daily Beast
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An organizer of the white supremacist Unite The Right rally privately discussed raising an army, attacking Jewish people, and murdering a colleague in the movement, a jury heard this week. Sines v. Kessler, an ongoing lawsuit, seeks to hold organizers of Unite The Right responsible for the deadly rallys violence.
Will this woman be the next Jewish winner of the Nobel Prize for literature? – Forward
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After the deaths of Philip Roth and Amos Oz, two perennial runners-up for the Nobel Prize in Literature, this past years short lists for the award included only one Jewish representative, the French author Hlne Cixous. Born in Oran, Algeria in 1937, Cixous has written repeatedly about her upbringing in a German Jewish household, which she considers inexhaustible subject matter. Often, her literary analyses of fellow Jewish writers, from Clarice Lispector, the Brazilian novelist of Ukrainian Jewish origin, to Paul Celan and Sigmund Freud, contain allusions to her own family experiences.
No, Jewish characters do not need to be played by Jewish actors J. – The Jewish News of Northern California
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I was never a fan of the late Joan Rivers. Nevertheless, I would have looked forward to the television series based on her life. Except, it is not happening
Italy’s ‘Day of the Dead’ reflects a Jewish past – thejewishchronicle.net
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As Italians prepared for Giorno dei Morti, the Day of the Dead that is observed each year on Nov. 2, our local grocery stores, fruit markets and newsstands were busy stocking the commemorative candles that Italians light at home or take to the cemetery to place at the graves of their loved ones. But here in Serrastretta, in my Calabria mountain community, vestiges of Yizkor traditions are among many of the lost Jewish traditions that for centuries continue to hide in plain sight.
Frankel Jewish Academy Boys Tennis Team’s Success is Built On and Off the Court Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
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There are many reasons for the Frankel Jewish Academy boys tennis teams remarkable success since Larry Stark took over as coach in 2015. Talent and hard work have been the driving forces behind the Jaguars five appearances in the Division 4 state tournament in Starks seven years as coach. Frankel qualified for state in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019, finishing as high as eighth place in 2015, before its 13th-place finish this fall.
DU and National Jewish Health Grow Partnership Through Microgrants – University of Denver Newsroom
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In early 2020, Eileen Wang, an allergist and immunologist at National Jewish Health, reached out to Anne DePrince, a University of Denver psychology professor with expertise in intimate partner violence. The pair became interested in exploring the links between this type of violence, traumatic brain injuries and asthma
Its the Jews: Antisemitic tirade unchallenged at Arizona school board meeting – The Times of Israel
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Jewish News of Greater Phoenix via JTA An antisemitic tirade at a school board meeting in suburban Phoenix last week has spurred an extensive response among local officials and Jewish leaders some of whom say they were distressed that board members did not rebut the comment at the time. During the public comment portion of the meeting of the Chandler Unified School District board, a woman who identified herself as Melanie Rettler spoke for over a minute about critical race theory and vaccines topics not listed on the meeting agenda but at the center of heated public debate nationwide
The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee – Business Observer
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Project: The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee Location:580 McIntosh Road, Sarasota Cost: $29 million Builder: Tandem Construction Architect: FleischmanGarcia Project details: In early 2018, the board of directors for the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee had a tough decision to make: to sell or not to sell. The Federation campus, a few miles east of downtown Sarasota, is on 33 acres half of which has yet to be developed
