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				 Our brain is attuned to noticing new things in the busy environment around us. This alertness to novelty means we are apt to overemphasize what holds our attention. 
				
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				 In todays Finding Faith with Randy Ollis, its a special but somber day for people of the Jewish faith. Yom HaShoah is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, and you can take part in the recognition of this day on Friday, April 29 at noon at the Tarkington Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts
				
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				 This piece first appeared in Haaretz and is reprinted with permission. Donald Heller and Anne Simon had been talking for years about taking a trip to Israel together. An invitation to attend a wedding in the Holy Land provided the couple from San Francisco with the perfect excuse and so, when Israel finally reopened its borders to tourism on March 1 nearly two years after the first coronavirus lockdown they quickly booked their fights
				
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				 For the third time in two years, a seat on the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education is open because a trustee is moving out of the school district. Veteran Trustee Mitchell Greebel, 59, who has served for three terms and a total of nine years, is moving out of the district
				
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				 Newswise The lake level of the Dead Sea is currently dropping by more than one metre every year - mainly because of the heavy water consumption in the catchment area. 
				
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				 The only surviving photo of Julia Skodova. Courtesy of Yedioth Publishers This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. 
				
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Comments Off on She was in Auschwitz, but ‘had no idea she is in the Holocaust’ – Forward                 
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				 West Bloomfields Keter Torah Synagogue is Michigans only Sephardic synagogue. That, in and of itself, lends itself to the uniqueness of what we are, said third-generation president Rick Behar, whose grandparents Jacob and Judith Chicorel founded Keter Torah in 1917 after arriving in Detroit from Turkey. 
				
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				 Ladino, the upcoming Mediterranean grill house at Pearl, is months out from opening, but San Antonians were able to get a first taste of the food and atmosphere set to debut in the mixed-used development later this year. The restaurant hosted a ticketed preview night on Wednesday, April 20 to help the city get better acquainted with the menu ahead of the opening. The Mediterranean grill house will be led by Executive Chef Berty Richter and offer a mix of Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisine. 
				
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				 OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani stressed that the use of force in law enforcement operations is strictly limited and governed by international norms and standards. The use of force by Israeli police resulting in widespread injuries among worshippers and staff in and around the Al Aqsa Mosque compound must be promptly, impartially, independently and transparently investigated, she told journalists in Geneva
				
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				 Israel, as we know, does not negotiate with terrorists. 
				
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