admin | February 19, 2022
The first major Jewish studies conference to come to Oklahoma will be held at the University of Oklahoma on two days, March 27-28.
admin | February 19, 2022
Last summer, Princeton University agreed to organize an exhibit of works by American Jewish artists in the second half of the 19th century. The exhibit would feature 50 pieces, including a life-size marble sculpture called Faith by the most renowned Jew- ish American sculptor of the period, Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844-1917). In July, the university flew in an art historian to tour the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery in the Firestone Library and signed a contract to have that historian curate the exhibit, which was set to open in September.
admin | February 19, 2022
Cast members of the upcoming Mahomet-Seymour High School production of Fiddler on the Roof will be among the first to tell you that they dont know much about the Jewish people who lived in the town of Anatevka in czarist Russia in 1905. Director Chris Taber knew this would most likely be the case, especially since she also knew the students would, most likely, not be familiar with the musical, either.
admin | February 19, 2022
(RNS) There is nothing like a trip to Washington, D.C., with your synagogues young people to keep you vibrant.
admin | February 19, 2022
Anna Ziegler (Photo by Jessica Nash) In her last Theatre Ariel production just before the pandemic, Deborah Baer Mozes put on Dov and Ali, a show about the relationship between an Orthodox Jewish teacher and his Muslim student. The founding artistic director of the Main Line-based salon theater company loved that play because of its writer: New York City-based Anna Ziegler.
admin | February 19, 2022
Former Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Israel on March 7 for two days, and will then travel to Morocco in an effort to bolster the Abraham Accords, Jewish Insider has learned. The occasion for the Israel trip is to accept an honorary doctoral degree from Ariel University in the West Bank, according to Tom Rose, a close confidante and former senior advisor to Pence who will be accompanying the former vice president on his visit early next month.
admin | February 19, 2022
In 1998, 12 Hampton Roads students went on a journey to the civil rights landmarks in the South together. 13News Now followed along. NORFOLK, Va.
admin | February 19, 2022
During his youth as an acclaimed pianist, Hermann Cohen dubbed Puzzi by his adoring admirers would have been the first to discount any notion that in 1858, he would become the first priest to lead a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. As Carmelite Father Timothy Tierney explained in his biography, The Life of Hermann Cohen, from Franz Liszt to John of the Cross, Cohen was born to a Jewish family in 1821, in Hamburg, Germany, and grew up, steeped in the materialistic values of his father, a wealthy financier. God and eternal values were far from his mind.
admin | February 19, 2022
Temperatures can vary widely so just pack for the "right" weather and you'll be fine. Seasons overlap of course, but general guidelines are: SUMMER (Jun/Jul/Aug/early Sep): Temperatures in the high 80's, 90's.
admin | February 19, 2022
A delegation of visiting congressional Democrats expressed their concern this week regarding the potential for violence between Israelis and Palestinians to bubble over in Jerusalem, but were assured by senior Israeli leaders of their commitment to taking steps to lower tensions, US officials told The Times of Israel on Friday. In meetings with Israeli leaders, the US Congress members raised the looming evictions of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, according to Representative Ro Khanna, who was one of eight lawmakers in the delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that toured Israel and the West Bank from Tuesday to Thursday.
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