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May is the 3rd annual National Jewish Heritage Month in Canada. National Jewish Heritage Month is a great opportunity to learn about the impact of Jewish heritage in communities across the country, and to appreciate the significant contributions made by Jewish Canadians in the fields of medicine, law, politics, arts, business and philanthropy. Here are some ways you can celebrate National Jewish Heritage Month
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Read UC Berkeleys official announcement regarding the observance of Jewish American Heritage Month. This month-long celebration honors the generations of Jewish Americans who have greatly contributed to the history and culture of this country.
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(May 31, 2022 / JNS) I was ready for just about anything when I came to an Eric Adams party, but a Chassidic guy singing Billy Joel was not one of them. So quipped New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler, drawing the biggest laugh of the night at last weeks New York City Mayor Eric Adamss Jewish Heritage Month celebration
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When Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff sat down for a Zoom conversation with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter on Wednesday, he opened by saying, I feel like I already know you! Though the two had never met, Emhoff did, to an extent, know Gutter. Just moments before the video call, Emhoff had engaged with Gutters interactive biography, asking him questions about his experience in concentration camps and even listening to Gutter sing Shir Hamaalot, the song that begins the blessing after meals. Emhoff was at the University of Southern Californias Shoah Foundation, where he visited to explore the centers Dimensions in Testimony project, a series of artificial intelligence bots that allow people to interact in real time with survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides.
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Ella Fitzgerald, wherever you are, I apologize in advance. Billy Crystal gave this years Tonys a jolt of Jewish shtick when hecoaxed the audience into a call-and-response Yiddish scat routine, as part of a live performance to promote his Broadway musical, Mr. Saturday Night
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Due to the war, Gerda Cole was forced to give up her daughter. The 98-year-old was reunited for the first time with her 80-year-old daughter. Gerda Cole left her family and world behind when she was just 15 years old
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The fascinating story of the Jews of Brazil.
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At reGeneration Education, we believe that more peaceful childhoods promote a culture of peace.
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(June 14, 2022 / JNS) Its not quite New Kids on the Block getting back together, but its still meaningful. When Blue Fringe released My Awakening in 2003, frontman Dov Rosenblatt had no idea that it would sell more than 15,000 copies and that his Jewish rock group that formed two years earlier would take the Jewish music world by storm, performing at Irving Plaza, Makor Center and B.B King Blues Club in Times Square, as well as venues around the world
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Chef Christopher Kostow is known for being the youngest chef to ever achieve three Michelin stars, which he did for The Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena. His other accolades in the culinary world are too numerous to mention
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