admin | May 25, 2022
In March 1965, the festering corpse of 64-year-old Herberts Cukurs was discovered stuffed into a trunk in a seaside bungalow in Montevideo, Uruguay. During the 1930s, Cukurs exploits as a dashing aviator had made him one of the most celebrated men in Latvia.
admin | May 25, 2022
Texas Country Reporterturns fifty in October 2022. Each week until then, well shareclassic episodesfrom the shows history and behind-the-scenes reflections fromTCRs creator and host, Bob Phillips
admin | May 25, 2022
Its hard to find a poster promoting early 20th-century Zionism that doesnt depict a tanned, chiseled man toting a shovel or a gun. The posters were visual reinforcement of the Muscle Jewry valued by Max Nordau and other early Zionist leaders, who felt the land would redeem a physically depleted Jewish people and the people would renew a neglected land. One early Zionist thinker defied this macho image, and then some: While Zionism celebrated strong and healthy bodies, Jessie Sampterspoke of herself as crippled from polio and plagued by weakness and sickness her whole life
admin | May 25, 2022
Days after a group of people dressed in clothing reminiscent of Nazi brownshirts drove a rented box truck displaying hateful messages down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, a watchdog group is speaking out against the incident and says it has identified the hate group and two of its members.
admin | May 25, 2022
What should I look out for in terms of red flags before someone potentially becomes violent? Usually we notice that our loved ones are changing in some way.
admin | May 25, 2022
Peter J. Hotez, prominent vaccine scientist, self-described science explainer and misinformation antagonist, will discuss The COVID-19 Vaccines: Science vs. Anti-science in a virtual talk at noon on June 9 presented by UB.
admin | May 25, 2022
The San Diego Community College District on Monday canceled its upcoming investiture ceremony for Chancellor Carlos Cortez due to a controversy over the controversial positions of keynote speaker Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Color Purple. The investiture, a public celebration of a new chancellor taking office, was scheduled to take place at Petco Park on May 31
admin | May 25, 2022
In response to the shooting at a supermarket in the predominantly Black community of Kingsley in Buffalo, New York, the Weinberg Foundation has announced a total of $250,000 in emergency grants to organizations that are assisting victims and community members impacted by this tragedy. On May 14, a self-described white nationalist entered a supermarket in the Kingsley neighborhood, injuring 13 people and killing 10 of them; 11 of the victims were Black. Before the attack, the shooter posted a manifesto which espoused both racist and antisemitic views and explained that he chose this store and zip code due to the high percentage of Black people living there.
admin | May 22, 2022
The posuk describes the pursuit of Torah study as being, Yikara hi mipninim More precious than pearls. Homiletically, the Gemara interprets this posuk to mean, Mkohein godol hanichnas lifnei ulifnim, that the study of Torah is more precious than the High Priest who enters the Holy of Holies. This is an extraordinary statement
admin | May 22, 2022
We recite a number of blessings each morning to thank G-d for the daily renewal of the world as well as for our senses and faculties.
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