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WEBHelen Waxman Kaminsky passed away peacefully on September 28, 2024 at the age of 95. She was the beloved wife of Samuel Kaminsky z"l....
The Story Behind ‘One Life,’ the Movie About Nicholas Winton, …
WEBJan 10, 2024 — Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton in “One Life”. (Peter Mountain/See Saw Films via JTA.org) Jackie Hajdenberg. In a 1988 episode of the British television show, “That’s Life,” British stockbroker Nicholas Winton was invited to sit in the audience as host Esther Rantzen dramatically revealed to him that the entire crowd was composed of the Jewish children — now adults — he had ...
How to Make Authentic Potato Knishes - Jewish Exponent
WEBJun 12, 2024 — Make the dough: Whisk the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Create a well in the center, and add the rest of the ingredients. Start mixing it with a spoon until the dough becomes too thick and sticky. Switch to your hands, and knead until the dough comes together in a ball.
CNN’s Jake Tapper: Anchor, Author and Proud Jew
WEBNov 15, 2023 — CNN recently sent Tapper on a breaking news assignment to Israel, where he reported on the Oct. 7 attacks and the wider conflict that is taking shape following that fateful day. While in Israel, Tapper had the opportunity to speak with family members whose loved ones were abducted by Hamas and are being held hostage, as well as with survivors ...
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Letters: Synagogue Move, Changing Priorities - Jewish Exponent
WEBMay 1, 2024 — Shaare Shemayim’s imposing building has been an anchor for the far Northeast’s Jewish community for about 50 years. What really stings is that, as reported by the Exponent, “Shaare Shamayim never planned to move, according to (Jacques) Lurie, (the synagogue’s executive director). Its Verree Road property was not on the market.”.
Ahead of Upcoming Concert, Matisyahu Discusses Pro ... - Jewish …
WEBMar 6, 2024 — Matisyahu, the Jewish musical artist, released a new album, “Hold the Fire,” on Feb. 2 and is on a 34-city concert tour. But his recent shows at The Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, and Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, were canceled due to “security concerns” and staff shortages. Those stemmed from pro-Palestinian protesters […]
The Jewish Story Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ Explained
WEBAug 2, 2023 — A profound shift occurred in Oppenheimer during the mid-1930s, as he watched family, friends and scientific minds crushed under the tides of Nazism in Germany and the economic collapse at home. “I had a continuing, smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany,” he said in his testimony.
In ‘Passport to Freedom,’ History is Dramatized - Jewish Exponent
WEBJan 6, 2022 — The benevolent João, who periodically intervenes between a Nazi assault against bullied Jews, eventually joins Aracy in her pursuit to assist Jewish refugees, and the two quickly, and predictably, fall in love. “Passport to Freedom” creators Mário Teixeira and Rachel Anthony bundle the story of the angel of Hamburg neatly into a seven ...