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Swapping sheitels and shtetl life for tzitzit and study, Barbra Streisands classic 1983 film, Yentl, is hitting the big screen once more at Edmontons outdoor cinema, The Drive In, this weekend.
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admin | July 17, 2020
Image by iStock Apotheosis of St. Louis statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri in Forest Park, St.
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Imagine for a moment that you won the lottery mazal tov! As you envision yourself at that hopeful, future moment, you presumably believe you will be filled with overwhelming, positive emotions. But while there is excitement and happiness involved in winning, research shows that over time, lottery winners are not significantly happier than non-winners.
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By: Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller By every measure the Jewish month of Av is tragically unique, one in which the worst disasters in our history took place. Disaster is no stranger to us.
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Printed in black and white and bigotry all over, Nazi official Hans Severus Zieglers brochure for his public exhibit in Dusseldorf featured an African American jazz musician with a Star of David on his lapel.
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On 10 July, 2020, one of Turkeys highest courts ruled in favor of reconverting the Hagia Sophia Museum to a mosque. Within an hour of the ruling, Turkish President Erdogan decreed that the 1,583 year old iconic UNESCO World Heritage cultural monument would revert to a mosque and be open to Muslim worship.
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Amy Rosen: Canada's restaurants are on the brink of closing, which means part of culture could be lost Amy Rosen is a food writer and the owner of Rosens Cinnamon Buns in Toronto.
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Conservative political cartoonist Ben Garrison has sued the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for allegedly defaming him by labeling one of his cartoons anti-Semitic, reported Newsweek on Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed last Friday, seeks $10.35 million in damages
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Guzaliia Filimonova/Getty The glaring racial disconnect in our nations K-12 schools can no longer be ignored as the larger reckoning over systemic racism in policing, health, and education continues to play out. While the majority of K-12 teachers are white, they preside over classrooms that contain an increasing number of students of color and, simultaneously, a declining number of white students, research shows. This racial divide is harmful on several fronts.
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While their presence at that pro-police and antirioting demonstration was the most blatantly public showing, the organization has been active in the region in recent weeks, with members attending a handful of other local demonstrations, according to analysts and a member of the organization.
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