Celebrate the Season of Love with the Fort Collins Symphony – scenenoco.com
admin | January 14, 2020
Photo courtesy Fort Collins Symphony. Boris Allakhverdyan, Principal Clarinet, Los Angeles Philharmonic
A Recent Peer-reviewed Article Reveals a New Spinal Surgery Technique Based on Carevature’s Cutting-edge Dreal Technology – BioSpace
admin | January 14, 2020
TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carevature Medical Ltd.,announces a new article that has just been published at the International Journal of Spine Surgery, discussing a Modified Transforaminal Thoracic Interbody Fusion Approach.
The Daf Yomi celebrations: Inspiring, but more unity is needed – The Jerusalem Post
admin | January 11, 2020
It has been a week filled with celebrations of the completion of the 13th cycle of Daf Yomi, as tens of thousands of Jews worldwide completed the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud after studying one page per day for seven-and-a-half years.The most impressive siyum meaning finishing, the word used to describe the celebration of completing a section of Torah study took place at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, where 92,000 people attended to rejoice over this accomplishment. The Barclays Center in Brooklyn held another 20,000, and arenas and convention halls in Israel were also filled on consecutive nights as part of the many celebrations.As inspiring as it was to see so many people completing the entire Talmud and celebrating the study of Torah, the fact that there were so many separate and disconnected siyums demonstrates a disheartening level of polarization in our nation.Shas, the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi party, held its own siyum in the Payis Arena in Jerusalem. United Torah Judaism, representing the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox population, held its own celebration in the same arena on a different night
By the Volga, we sat down and wept for Zion – Ynetnews
admin | January 11, 2020
My grandfather always used to say to me: "In Russia, I was a Jew; but here, I'm a Russian." It took me a while to fully grasp what he meant. I guess growing up in a migrant town didn't help.
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s death is a wakeup call – Jewish Journal
admin | January 9, 2020
If ever there were a Gen X Jewish woman writer who made meaning out of the intimate details and dark forces that wreaked havoc on her life, it was Elizabeth Wurtzel. The author of Prozac Nation and More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction, Wurtzel died, far too young, on Tuesday from metastatic breast cancer; she was just 52.
Everyone Is Mad at Bret Stephens, So He Must Not Be Doing the Right Thing – Mediaite
admin | January 9, 2020
There is a tendency among certain high-minded journalists to believe that when all sides take issue with their work, they must be doing something right. If no one is satisfied, the reasoning goes, then the piece must be onto something.
The New York Times Has a Slight Problem When It Comes to Upholding Free Speech – Qrius
admin | January 9, 2020
In publishing The Secrets of Jewish Genius, anopinion pieceby regular columnist Bret Stephens, The New York Times demonstrated its commitment to free speech, at least for its stable of elite writers. That commitment means tolerating even the expression of extreme opinions that lack any solid foundation in reality
A New York Times column on ‘Jewish genius’ draws criticism for linking to a debunked University of Utah study – Salt Lake Tribune
admin | January 7, 2020
When it was first published last week, a controversial New York Times column about the secrets of Jewish genius linked to a 2005 study from a researcher labeled an extremist, revered by white supremacists and discredited by scientists and who, for years, worked as a distinguished professor at the University of Utah. Citing the late U
The first kosher bar in the former Soviet Union serves up cocktails and Torah lessons – JTA News
admin | January 7, 2020
ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) As an Orthodox Jew, Aryeh Rov had little interest in this port citys rich and vibrant bar scene.
What it was like to be a Jew in medieval Cologne, etched into a slate in Hebrew – Haaretz
admin | January 7, 2020
A centuries-old Jewish artifact was recently discovered near a building that once housed a bakery in Cologne, Germany. It was fascinating despite its lack of sacredness. Etched on a slate in neat Hebrew are peoples names, and alongside them letters that represent numbers
