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Don’t Let Your Wonder Turn Into Closure | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Raphael Poch | 29 Sivan 5784 – Thursday, July 4, 2024
Photo Credit: Pixabay / geralt When was the last time you were struck by a state of wonder in the past week? How about the past month? I’m not talking about simply being curious, I’m talking about being gobsmacked with an overwhelming sense of how simply amazing the world around us is. If we take a moment and reflect on…
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Security guard assaulted outside Jewish school in French city of Nice
A security guard for a French Jewish school was attacked after intervening when a group had insulted children leaving the institution, Nice mayor Christian Estrosi said on Monday. Estrosie denounced the incident, and said that authorities were seeking the perpetrators of the alleged assault. Source link
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As calls for NYC mask ban gain momentum, Jewish and Black advocacy groups announce their support
Jewish and Black advocacy organizations came together to announce their support for a ban on masks at protests in New York State, linking contemporary antisemitism by masked attackers to past actions by hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan. Calls for a mask ban have gained momentum in recent weeks, as legislation has been introduced in Albany and the idea…
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These Baseball Hats Scream ‘I’m Cute’ and ‘I’m Jewish’
Jews are known for our hats. There’s the kippah (or yarmulke), which can be knit, made of felt or satin, be in the Bukharian, Yemenite or Breslov style. There are also larger hats favored by the Haredi community like shtreimels, fedoras or kashket. The Jews of North Africa favor a fez (or tarboush). And don’t forget about head coverings…
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In Maryland, Larry Hogan pursues Jewish voters as GOP senses opening
Gloria Greenspun was prepared to dismiss Republican Larry Hogan as a “typical politician” when he visited her retirement complex outside Baltimore to sell his campaign for the U.S. Senate. To her surprise, Greenspun, an 86-year-old former preschool teacher who’s Jewish, found herself choking up as Hogan recounted a trip to Israel he made as governor. His tour included what he…
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Steve Solomon’s New Show “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Still in Therapy” Comes to the Suffolk
The Suffolk presents Steve Solomon’s “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m STILL in Therapy” on Saturday, July 13, at 8 p.m. One of the longest running one-man shows in Broadway history, Steve Solomon’s original show “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy” explores myriad astounding characters we know, love and tolerate from our own families;…
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Entire communities must take a stand against antisemitism – opinion
Near the end of World War II, US Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of the 422nd Infantry Regiment was the senior non-commissioned officer among a group of prisoners of war in Germany’s Stalag IXA, near Ziegenhain. One day in January 1945, Nazi forces instructed all Jewish POWs to report the following morning. Edmonds, the leader of the POWs, which…
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Tories appeal to Jewish community ahead of byelection, allege ‘betrayal’ by Trudeau
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives are asking the Jewish community in a Toronto riding to send Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a message about his “betrayal” by voting for the Tory candidate in an upcoming byelection. Voters in Toronto—St. Paul’s will pick a new MP on June 24 to replace longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett, who retired after more than…
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Adam Shatz · Israel’s Descent
When Ariel Sharon withdrew more than eight thousand Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, his principal aim was to consolidate Israel’s colonisation of the West Bank, where the settler population immediately began to increase. But ‘disengagement’ had another purpose: to enable Israel’s air force to bomb Gaza at will, something they could not do when Israeli settlers lived…
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‘California Jewish Open’ Seeks ‘Connection’ During Division
Many used this space as an opportunity to explain their relationship to Judaism, or how a particular work came to be. Adam Thorman reflected on growing up reading the marginalia in pages of rabbinic arguments, his lesson in thoughtfully challenging ideas (and later, traditional landscape photography). Others took the opportunity to make explicit statements in solidarity with Palestinians, to cite…
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