admin | December 30, 2020
Hello! Im Yvonne Villarreal. Welcome to another edition of the companion newsletter to our recently launched The Envelope: The Podcast, where my cohost Mark Olsen and I bring you highlights from each weeks episode throughout awards season. The Golden Globes drew criticism last week when it was reported that Lee Isaac Chungs Minari, one of this years most acclaimed American films, would be classified as a foreign-language film because its dialogue is primarily in Korean.
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admin | December 19, 2020
Nissim Black is passionately, assuredly, confidently in love with God. Not in love with Judaism, though hes fastidious in prayer and observance
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admin | December 19, 2020
What a strange, tragic and pivotal year 2020 has been. Its somewhat fitting that in a period when truth was stranger than fiction, some of the best TV and film efforts were based on real-life events
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admin | December 19, 2020
The holiday season is upon us and with it comes the Festival of Lights, better known as Hanukkah. Folks around the country are lighting their menorahs, including here in Wyoming. Cooper McKim spoke with Seth Ward, University of Wyoming professor of religious studies, about the holiday's special meaning this year
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admin | December 5, 2020
Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn following the cancellation of a wedding with 10,000 invited guests due to coronavirus restrictions, Oct. 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Lev Radin / Sipa USA.
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admin | December 5, 2020
A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled against a former Hasidic couple who claimed the Quebec government didn't do enough to ensure they receivedan adequate education.
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admin | December 5, 2020
Chris McKenna|Times Herald-Record South Blooming Grove officials agreed on Friday to continue their public hearing on the 600-home Clovewood development proposal after a comment session the previous night ended in chaos and a split decision by two boards. The Village Board and Planning Board, which are jointly overseeing an environmental review for the controversial project, fielded comments for a little over an hour Thursday night and were asked then whether to close the hearing and move to the next stage of the review after receivingfinal written comments. That is when the proceedings conducted entirely by Zoom with several dozen viewers derailed
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admin | December 5, 2020
GOVERNOR CUOMO, HASIDIC WEDDINGS & THE SUPREME COURT THE RULING BUT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME Rabbi Yakov Saacks, The Chai Center, Dix Hills, NY THE RULING Last week the Supreme Court made its voice heard in favor of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Orthodox Agudath Israel of America, who have churches and synagogues in areas of Brooklyn and Queens, and who have at one time or another been designated as red and orange zones. In red and orange zones, the state capped attendance at houses of worship at 10 and 25 people, respectively.
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admin | December 5, 2020
Most will be virtual, some will take place as part of tightly regulated events but there will be menorah lightings and more Hanukkah festivities this year in Texas, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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admin | November 19, 2020
MONTREAL Armed police officers converged Friday on the Montreal offices of Ubisoft, a French video game company, in response to a 911 call, and dozens of people were evacuated, but no threat was found and no injuries were reported. During the police operation, local television reports showed Ubisoft staff on the roof of their office building with doors barricaded.
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