admin | May 11, 2024
SACRAMENTO Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring May 2024, as Jewish American Heritage Month.
admin | May 11, 2024
AJC CEO Ted Deutch reflects on Jewish American Heritage Month, highlighting the historical contributions of Jewish Americans and discussing the concept of heroism in the face of rising antisemitism. Ted also shares what it means to be a hero today, especially in the wake of 10/7, and who he considers to be among his own heroes
admin | May 11, 2024
During May, Jewish American Heritage Monthrecognizes the contributions of Jewish people to American culture, history, science, government, music, and arts. Jewish artists, culture bearers, and arts workers have and continue to create some of the most impactful American artworks. This month we honor Jewish Americans like George and Ira Gershwin, brothers who wrote the music and libretto (respectively) for Porgy and Bess, considered a keystone American opera of the 20th century, as well as many other Broadway and orchestral hits
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Governor's Office HELENA, Mont.
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In recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month and in support of the State of Israel, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town will host a Stand with Israel Rally on Sunday, May 19th at 2PM in Plainview-Old Bethpage Park. At the event, a Holocaust Survivor, IDF Solider, and the family of Omer Neutra, who was taken hostage by Hamas, will speak. Officials will also unveil a plaque for the Tree of Life, symbolizing hope, love and unity while forever remembering those lost to terror
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"Map of Western Russia Showing the Jewish Pale of Settlement." The Krassners' hometown was located in Podolia Governorate. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
admin | May 11, 2024
The city of Beverly Hills in collaboration with the Community Services Departments Arts & Culture Division, Recreation and Parks Division, as well as the Beverly Hills Public Library, will reveal Unfolded Narratives, a 100-foot-long tapestry art installation at the Beverly Hills Public Library on May 4.
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST I know a bunch of you bought tickets for it this past weekend, so allow me to ask: Did anyone else find Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest a little, you know, incoherent? A degree of senselessness, of course, has to come with the territory, but while I'm positive that I didn't nod off during Gore Verbinski's opus - the booming soundtrack and relentless, CGI-enhanced action won't let you - I'm not sure I ever quite understood it. There seemed to be a whole lot of plot in Dead Man's Chest but none of it meant anything or was revealed with an urgency that might make it mean anything; at some point, I simply gave up trying to figure the damned thing out, and just waited for Davy Jones and the rest of his barnacled baddies to show up again.
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As a rabbi in Philadelphia whose family moved to Palestine from Lithuania in 1809 before immigrating to the U.S., I was horrified when, in the days following the Hamas attack on Oct.
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In his recent visit to the Columbia University campus, Mike Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives, before lambasting the antisemitic Hamas-supporting mobs, paid tribute to the universitys noble heritage.
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