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October 13, 2021 Like many Israelis, Shelley Goldman, a retired book and newspaper editor from Tel Aviv, was shocked when Irish author Sally Rooney said she will not sell the Hebrew-language rights to her latest book to a publishing house that doesn't abide by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement's guidelines. Rooney said in a statement Tuesday that this doesn't mean she's opposed to having "Beautiful World, Where Are You" translated into Hebrew. "If I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement's institutional boycott guidelines, I will be very pleased and proud to do so," said the rising literary star
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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Arthur Avenue Apartments, a new $91 million affordable housing development with 177 apartments in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joshua Angrist was awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday for his methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships. Angrist, a former professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, won the prize together with Guido Imbens of Stanford University and David Carr of the University of California, Berkeley
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A Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) neurological study has developed a new method of analyzing samples of the brains white matter something that was previously difficult to do according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Sciencelast Thursday. The study was led by Prof.
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What are the different types of Hasidic Jewish hats? There are many types of hats that Hasidic Jews wear, such as the Shtreimel, Spodik, Kolpik, Hoiche, Biber, Up-Hat, and Chabad Fedora. Here is a brief guide to the various Hasidic hats.
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Grand rabbi of New Square David Twersky Skverer Rebbe dancing with Torah (2005) David Twersky Rabbi David Twersky (born October 28, 1940[1]), originally spelled Twerski, is the Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York, and of Skverer Hasidism worldwide. Twersky was born in Iai, Romania, in 1940
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BASED ON Deborah Feldmans 2012 memoir about her choice to leave the Satmar Hasidic community of her birth, the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox draws sharp contrasts between the protagonist Esty Shapiros old life in Brooklyn and the new freedoms she experiences in Berlin. The third episode focuses on Estys sexual difficulties with her husband, Yanky, and her discovery of sexual freedom through a night of liberated dancing with her new friend, Robert
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(Creative Commons / U.S. Embassy Jerusalem) Are any of us actually Jewish? my friend asked, putting down her wine glass and glancing around the table.
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A warning: Conspiracy theories about covid are helping disseminate anti-Semitic beliefs to a wider audience, warns a new report by the antiracist advocacy group Hope not Hate. The report says that not only has the pandemic revived interest in the New World Order conspiracy theory of a secret Jewish-run elite that aims to run the world, but far-right activists have also worked to convert peoples anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine beliefs into active anti-Semitism. Worst offenders: The authors easily managed to find anti-Semitism on all nine platforms they investigated, including TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube
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March is Womens History Month. Started in 1987, Womens History Month recognizes all women for their valuable contributions to history and society.
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