Daily Archives: January 23, 2020
Israel marks 50th anniversary of Ben-Gurion University with new postage stamp
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) president and professor Daniel Chamovitz presented Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with Israel’s new postage stamp commemorating the university’s 50th anniversary.
Created by Israeli designer Zvika Roitman, the stamp highlights BGU’s focus...
‘My life here is so wonderful,’ director Quentin Tarantino says about living in Israel
Film director Quentin Tarantino spoke to Yediot Achronot in a full-length interview published last week about his new “wonderful” life in Israel with his wife, Israeli singer and model Daniella Pick, who is pregnant with their...
Pew study: Most Americans know dates of Holocaust, but not number of Jews killed
Less than half of Americans, some 45 percent, know that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust, while 29 percent weren’t sure or had no answer, according to a Pew Research Center study released on...
New head of ORT America aims to rebuild its base, expand its visibility
Barbara Birch, 45, of New York was tapped last month as the new president and chief executive officer of ORT America. She most recently served as vice president of development at the Shalom Hartman...
David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past...
David G. Roskies, “Rabbis, Rebbes and Other Humanists: The Search for a Usable Past in Modern Yiddish Literature,” Studies in Contemporary Jewry 12 (1996): 55-77.
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