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Glimpses of Jewish Life Before the Holocaust

What was life like in Jewish communities in Europe before the Holocaust?

Prayer Goes Back to Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a prayer case this term. In Greece, New York, an upstate town of about 100,000 people, the town council invites local clergy to say a prayer before the monthly town…

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In our last survey we told a story of two people. David was raised Jewish and became a rabbi. Barry was raised as a Catholic and became a priest. They find out that there was a mix up in the hospital…

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I am the Jewish Nurse

The monster who murdered 11 people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh was treated by two Jewish nurses and one Jewish doctor. Below is a facebook post from one of the nurses.

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A Strange Anti-Semitic Story

In the city of Miskolc located in hungry there was a teenager named Csanad Szegedi who became attracted to neo-Nazism.

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The Jewish Revolt Against Rome

An overview of the origins and buildup leading to the Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Judea in the 1st century CE.

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Correct Terminology

Throughout the years of my marriage (almost twenty) I've tried to make my wife Yiddish savvy.

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Sounds of the Soul

The contribution of Jewish music.

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Match Maker

I remember watching the classic Jewish film “Fiddler on the Roof” and there is one scene where the sisters started singing the matchmaker song after the girls’ mother was visited by a matchmaker…

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Calendar of Jewish Persecution

Calendar of Jewish Persecution70 A.D. Destruction of Jerusalem 1,100,000 Jews were killed and 97,000 taken into slavery and captivity.

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The Luzzatto High Holiday Mahzor: Seven Centuries of Worship

A 13th century Medieval Hebrew illustrated Prayer Book went to auction at Sotheby’s.

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Birthright: Adventure of a Lifetime - Based on an Interview with James

A nutritionally, socially, and sleep deprived, intense, adrenaline-caffeine fueled week camped out in the University of Maryland campus studying process engineering and the like while wrapping up…

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Porkless COVID-19 Prediction

This is my COVID-19 prediction...

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The Frank Sinatra - You May Not Have Known

He used to joke that he knew Yiddish better than Italian, the language of his grandparents who emigrated from Apennines. The singer was a Catholic, but at the same time was friends with Jews since…

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