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Daily Archives: May 23, 2019

Cantor Moshe Ganchoff, Pulitzer Prize-Winner Julia Wolfe, A Jazz Schwing, and more

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Cantor Moshe Ganchoff reflects on a life in the cantorate. Interview by Neil W. Levin, Jacob Mendelsohn, Nathan Lam, Alberto Mizrahi, Noah Schall, and Daniel Gildar. Milken Archive oral history excerpt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-Mt5qKuSQ
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at an Iftar in Austin, Texas. Credit: Screenshot.

Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?

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Austin is a Texas college town better known these days for its trend-setting music scene than for being the capital of the Lone Star State. But last week, it also provided a test case...

How to get started on your memoir

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Have you ever wanted to write a memoir or a family history, but simply had no idea how to go about it?  It’s easier than you think, according to a panel of women who...
Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinians reject invitation to economic workshop in Bahrain related to peace plan

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The Palestinian Authority officially rejected an invitation by the United States on Wednesday to attend an economic workshop in the Bahrain’s capital, Manama, next month related to the Trump administration’s Mideast peace proposal between the Israelis...
Jewish men celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer in the northern Israel town of Meron on May 3, 2018. Lag B’Omer commemorates the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, one of the most important sages in Jewish history, more than 1,800 years ago. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Braving Israeli heat wave, hundreds of thousands flock to Meron for Lag B’Omer

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Despite a massive heat wave, thousands converged on the northern Israeli town of Meron from Wednesday night through Thursday to celebrate Lag B’Omer at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the author of...
Students from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem and their multinational peers tour together during Bezalel Academy’s International Week program. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli ‘Artivism’ programs offer Eurovision-style cultural exchanges year-round

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When Israeli singer and looping artist Netta Barzilai won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal last May, all of Israel was ecstatic. Beyond watching their native daughter win big on an international stage,...
View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

US and Israel call for end of UNRWA, the UN agency that oversees Palestinians

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The United States and Israel on Wednesday called for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that oversees the Palestinian refugees, to cease operations. “We need an additional $1.2 billion for our activities in 2019. We don’t believe...
A Nazi swastika and iron crosses spray-painted on Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in Carmel, Ind. Credit: Debby Barton Grant via Facebook.

Man sentenced to three years in prison for vandalism at Indiana synagogue

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A 21-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison for vandalizing a synagogue last year in Carmel, Ind. Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to the federal hate crime for spray-paintinga large Nazi flag and...
A bar and bat mitzvah celebration for 80 Deaf and hard-of-hearing children from throughout Israel, Sponsored by the International Young Israel Movement and the Jewish Agency for Israel, was the culmination of a year of programming. Photo by Nachshon Philipson.

Online social network geared to Deaf, signing community launches in Israel

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SignTalk Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that promotes, fosters and advances public awareness of the signing community, celebrated the international launching of its online social network, SignTalkers in Jerusalem on Monday night with a signed performance by...
Yeshiva University officials, New York elected leaders, faculty, students and community members at the grand opening of the YU Innovation Lab, a partnership between New York and Israel, May 21, 2019. Credit: Yeshiva University.

New York’s Yeshiva University inaugurates Innovation Lab, in partnership with Israel

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eshiva University announced the grand opening of the YU Innovation Lab, a collaborative learning space focused on creating a hands-on entrepreneurial environment where Israeli-based startups can grow their U.S. market potential while leveraging YU’s...