Dateline Kavala in Northern Greece. On Sunday, May 17, the city was to unveil a monument to honor the 1,484 Greek Jews who were deported from the town by the Nazis. It was to coincide with a...
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I’m Not Rapaport, I’m Frau Doktor Rapaport
Mazal Tov to Professor Ingeborg Syllm Rapoport of Berlin, who finally received her doctorate from the University of Hamburg at the age of 102; just 77 years late. In 1938, Dr. Rapaport submitted her...
JewliciousReads: Einstein Reviewed, Hitler Returned, and Joan Exhumed
EINSTEIN HIS SPACE AND TIMES BY STEVEN GIMBEL Yale University Press Jewish Lives series Publication Date: April 28, 2015 only 191 pages. Poor Dr. Einstein. His face and wild hair is used as pop...
ShivaWatch: Sudden Tragedies in Chicago, Mexico, and Nepal
In synagogues last week, we read about how Aaron was comforted after the sudden, untimely deaths of his sons. And in the media, we read of an outpouring of comfort to the families who lost sons and...
Baltimore & Jerusalem protests Affect Perspectives on Parshah Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
The rioting and protests in Baltimore, as well as the protests in Jerusalem this week, are affecting sermons and thoughts related to this weekend’s Shabbat double parshah: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim...
Comedians Try To Dull Bigoted NYC Subway Ads With Jokes
New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried to ban bigoted ads from its subway and bus systems. For quite some time, they have rejected ads from a the American Freedom...