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    AP: Mo. Renames Road Adopted by Neo-Nazis After Rabbi  Jul 3, 2009
    Heschel is a Jewish history professor at Dartmouth College who was lecturing in Germany on Wednesday about her book focusing on the Nazis. She told The Associated Press her father wouldn't feel honored to have the road named after him and she's worried some might think her father condones the Nazi's beliefs. (Missourian Publishing, MO)

    Blessed be the shtreimel makers, despite fur fury  Jun 27, 2009
    "Today, as I told the history of the shtreimel, what it means to Jewish history and custom, I left them all wide-eyed in the Knesset. Jaws open," he said. Moses said that the Opposition Leader, Tzipi Livni, was one who approached him after his speech offering congratulations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Team finds ancient Holy Land quarry  Jun 23, 2009
    Archaeological discoveries in recent years have shed light on Jewish history and the Old Testament. updated 6:20 p.m. ET June 22, 2009. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Brookhaven Jewish temple may become museum  Jun 22, 2009
    Samuels said the temple would not be used as a Jewish-only museum, though the county's prominent Jewish history would be maintained at the altar, which will be left intact. "Our family has been six generations," he said. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    High-tech edge for Poland's Jewish history  Jun 17, 2009
    AFP - Wednesday, June 17. Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in the Polish capital, in 2006. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    All Jews are Doctors, Lawyers, and ...  Jun 16, 2009
    An Examination of Jewish History. In Eastern Europe especially, and anywhere where Jews were outcasts in society (basically everywhere) Jewish people learned the value of taking professions based on intellectual talent. (Suite101.com)

    Netanyahu's two-state solution: You recognize us, we'll recognize you.  Jun 16, 2009
    In part of his speech, Netanyahu summed up thousands of years of Jewish history in the Holy Land, challenging Palestinian moderates to recognize the justice of the claims of Jewish nationalists to a parcel of land that Arabs consider to be their own. Netanyahu said that as a corollary to recognizing Israel's Jewishness, Palestinian refugees can't be allowed to be repatriated inside Israel another highly sensitive issue at the core of the conflict. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Rush Limbaugh, Intellectual  Jun 5, 2009
    Ive listened to other colleagues on WGKA, like classics professor Victor Davis Hanson interviewed by host and law professor Hugh Hewitt, and host and professor of Russian and Jewish history, Dennis Prager. On radio host Glenn Becks Fox television program, I learned about Florida State University history professor Robert Gellatelys currently apropos and lively study, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler. (Townhall.com)

    We need insights, wit from Limbaugh  Jun 2, 2009
    I ve listened to other colleagues on WGKA, like classics professor Victor Davis Hanson, interviewed by host and law professor Hugh Hewitt and host Dennis Prager, professor of Russian and Jewish history. On radio host Glenn Beck s Fox television program, I learned about Florida State University history Professor Robert Gellately s currently apropos and lively study, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Perfect Day: offbeat Los Angeles attractions  May 31, 2009
    Murals on the side of the restaurant depict the city's Jewish history. Canter's is open 24 hours a day. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Filipinos who aided Jews to be honored in Israel  May 22, 2009
    "The warm hospitality of the Filipino people undoubtedly shed light to one of the darkest and most difficult periods in Jewish history," the embassy said. The "Open Doors" monument, designed by Filipino artist Jun Yee, is scheduled to be unveiled June 21 at the Rishon Lezion Holocaust Park in central Israel. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Jewish agencies forced to downsize  May 22, 2009
    "The American Jewish community has probably lost 30 percent of its wealth, and we have no idea how to cut the costs of the Jewish community by 30 percent," said Jonathan Sarna, a professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University. Sarna said that across the nation, there are unusual signs of the impact: In addition to widespread cutbacks, a few Jewish organizations are merging with non-Jewish organizations, and some Jewish community centers are closing. (Boston Globe)

    In Jerusalem, an uptick in demolition orders of Arab homes  May 20, 2009
    Several human rights organizations say there is an obvious link between the ramping up of demolition orders and Barkat's plans to develop the tourist complex in East Jerusalem focusing on Jewish history in the area known in Hebrew as Ir David (City of David) and as Silwan in Arabic. According to Ir Amim, which tracks policy affecting both Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, the under-the-radar project is motivated by a right-wing ideological goal of cementing Israeli sovereignty in East... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Not a conflict of faith  May 12, 2009
    By constructing it as a religious battle we must write away over a millennia of Mizrahi and Sephardi Jewish history. These Jewish communities were found in the Iberian Peninsula, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and represented the vast majority of the worldwide Jewish community. (CNN)

    Redevelopment project strengthens Israel's ties to Jerusalem  May 10, 2009
    As part of the plan, former garbage dumps and once derelict wastelands are being cleared and turned into lush gardens and parks, now already accessible to visitors who can walk along new footpaths and take in the majestic views, along with new signs and displays that point out significant points of Jewish history ... In other words, while the Israeli narrative that guides the government plan focuses largely on Jewish history and links to the land, the Palestinian narrative heightens tensions,... (Boston Globe)

    Israel's Netanyahu: Taking a Turn Toward Pragmatism?  May 10, 2009
    His father taught Jewish history at Cornell University, and the Prime Minister graduated from MIT. His advisers say he has a weather eye for the mood in Washington and knows it is not as sunny as it used to be. Israeli officials have gauged that while Netanyahu can count on support from the Obama Administration and Congress, "it's no longer infinite," says an official at a pro-Israeli lobby in Washington. (Time.com)

    Chronicle movie critics look back  May 9, 2009
    He examines how the tragedies of Jewish history have shaped the victorious Israeli army. It was five hours long. I just found it boring. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    * The museum whose architecture is at odds with its displays  May 5, 2009
    And lest it all look too bleak, an Axis of Continuity leads upstairs, where you learn about where all of this fits into 2,000 years of German Jewish history. Meanwhile, the items on display are so cursorily identified and their owners so obliquely described that they might as well have been anonymous points on an Axis of Victimhood. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    FDR tried to save Jewish refugees, says book  May 2, 2009
    "Most of the initiatives to resettle refugees in underdeveloped areas proved impossible, met substantial resistance abroad, or developed very slowly partly because of resistance by the Department of State," the Center for Jewish History says in a statement about the book. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)

    FDR pushed to get Jews to safety in 1930s  May 1, 2009
    The book draws on papers at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. McDonald was chairman of Roosevelt's advisory committee on refugees. (USA Today -- News)

    Planned digital database to cover 45 years of CJN  May 1, 2009
    The archive would also be of tremendous value to genealogists, contends Sean Martin, associate curator for Jewish history at Western Reserve Historical Society. Would-be researchers could use the database not only to locate birth, marriage and death notices, notes Martin, but they could further their investigation by gathering information about family members mentioned in articles. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Harvard peers press to stall a deportation  Apr 30, 2009
    "That is a very rare combination - and a precious one as well," professor Bernard Septimus, a Harvard professor of Jewish history, wrote in a letter provided by Munir's lawyer. "I am a skeptical man with a sensitive nose for phonies: I can say with confidence that Nur is the genuine article, someone who wants to devote his life to bringing Muslims, Jews, and Christians together through an appreciation of their commonalities and a respect for their differences.". (Boston Globe)

    In Israel on Eisendrath International Exchange (2)  Apr 28, 2009
    EIE adds two classes: Hebrew and Jewish history ... We had classes from 8:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Hebrew was at 8:30 for an hour and a half, followed by Jewish history until lunch at 1 and general studies started at 1:20 ... We went on many trips throughout the semester: There were the regular nights out in Jerusalem, the daylong tiyulim for Jewish history, and the five days in army training and in Poland. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    > RELATED: Fed chief Bernanke sees some improvement  Apr 16, 2009
    Speaking to Morehouse faculty and students, Bernanke paid homage to the Passover tradition of a child asking four questions about Jewish history by posing and answering four questions about the current economic crisis. His complete prepared remarks follow. (Denver Business Journal, CO)

    The New Bibi  Apr 15, 2009
    Confidants say he sees himself as a key player in Jewish history charged at a crucial hour with the responsibility of saving his people, and some contend that, as a result, he has already made up his mind to use force to set the Iranian nuclear program back several years. Others in his inner circle, however, expect him to be far more cautious, pointing out that he would not have undivided backing from the defense establishment for a strike. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)

    Ties that bind  Apr 15, 2009
    In the letter, Netanyahu said, his brother wrote of his belief that he was an inseparable link in the chain of Jewish history that spanned from biblical times to the modern state of Israel. As children of Holocaust survivors, Esther and Yehuda Wachsman are fully aware of the weight of that history. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)

    • Religion letters  Apr 11, 2009
    Flavius Josephus was commissioned by the Roman government to write and preserve Jewish history. Josephus writes of Abraham that Abraham heard that the Syrians had certain ideas of God. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Irving Heymont; led camp for displaced Jews  Apr 10, 2009
    Abraham Peck, director of the Academic Council for Post-Holocaust Christian, Jewish and Islamic Studies at the University of Southern Maine, said Colonel Heymont's 3 1/2 months at Landsberg became a turning point in Jewish history, because the "surviving remnant" of Eastern European Jews developed their will to never let the world forget what happened in the Holocaust. "Heymont allowed these people their own sense of humanity," said Peck, who was born in the camp and later edited Colonel... (Boston Globe)

    Jewish Families Celebrate Beginning of Passover  Apr 9, 2009
    But it means more than just time together, it marks an important moment in Jewish history. Bashuk says it is a celebration of religious freedom and freedom from slavery as the Israelites left Egypt for the promise land. (13WMAZ.com, GA)

    Jews gather for Birkat HaChama -- the blessing of the sun  Apr 9, 2009
    "It's a great opportunity to witness an amazing event that really connects you to many generations of Jewish history," said Miriam Rosenbaum, a Princeton freshman studying psychology and neuroscience. Following readings of Psalms and other biblical texts, led by Rabbis Eitan Webb of Chabad of Princeton University and David Wolkenfeld of Hillel at Princeton University, the group walked across the street to Robertson Hall to a blessing thanking God for "renewing the works of creation," according... (NJ.com -- Times)

    Rosenzweig to steer Jewish museum in city  Apr 8, 2009
    The National Museum of American Jewish History, founded in 1976, positions itself as the only museum dedicated exclusively to telling the still-unfolding story of Jews in America. It will open late next year. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)

    Brookline Adult & Community Education listings  Apr 5, 2009
    Jonathan Wilson, author of the recently released Marc Chagall, demonstrates how Chagall s life constitutes a grand canvas on which much of the 20th-century Jewish history is vividly portrayed. 7-8:30 p.m.; $5. (Brookline TAB, MA)

    Local groups prepare for Passover  Apr 4, 2009
    The meal incorporates several symbolic dishes and foods to reawaken followers' sense of rebirth, particularly in the case of children, who are encouraged to ask questions about the meal and gain a better understanding of the various dishes' symbolism and significance in the rich narrative of Jewish history. "They should know that there is a history to their people, and knowing this history will help them navigate difficult waters," Zimelman said. (Odessa American, TX)

    'Passover Around the World'  Apr 2, 2009
    The seder is a symbolic reenactment of this defining event in Jewish history, a dramatic way of passing the story down from generation to generation. The book "Passover Around the World" begins with a brief summary of the Biblical story, then defines the essential elements of a seder table: the symbolic foods, the special seder plate and Elijah's cup, and the Haggadah or book telling the story of Passover. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    How do we explain Bernie Madoff?  Mar 27, 2009
    Apart from the Moses/Sinai tradition, Jewish history and modern Judaism are not incomprehensible. And neither is Bernie Madoff. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)

    Highs and lows in Wiesel's 'Mad Desire'  Mar 25, 2009
    Now independently wealthy, he has spent his adult life immersed in Jewish service and study, founding Jewish aid organizations, pursuing yeshiva studies in Brooklyn and Jerusalem, and working as a private tutor of medieval Jewish history. He's also on the brink of insanity. (Boston Globe)

    Jewish scholar, author to speak at Temple Emunah  Mar 17, 2009
    Dr. Benjamin Gampel, scholar of medieval and early modern Jewish history, with a special focus on the medieval Spanish Jews, will be the scholar-in-residence at Temple Emunah on the weekend beginning March 20 ... At present, he is writing a book on the pogroms and forced conversions of 1391 in the Iberian Peninsula and the effects of those events on the course of Jewish history ... He lectures widely on the entire range of Jewish history. (Arlington Advocate, MA)

    Synagogues (73)  Mar 16, 2009
    Seder 6:45 P.M., Sean Martin, Jewish History in Cleveland after World War II 8 P.M. Reservations, Marcy 440-423-1718. MIKVAH. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Fearful, divided and outraged  Mar 15, 2009
    The curse of Jewish history the inability to take mere existence for granted has returned to the country whose founding was intended to resolve that problem. NO SECURITY SOLUTIONS. (Globe and Mail)

    Deal sought for Colonial Penn building  Mar 14, 2009
    It also has a lot of activity under way, including completing a $25 million renovation to its headquarters at 6th and Market streets and the construction of the National Museum of American Jewish History at 5th and Market. The type of buyer who might consider a building like this in this market would likely be a private investor who either wants to have a presence in the historic area or is seeking an opportunity to do work to add value to the property, with plans to seize on near-term lease... (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)

    Purim: Jewish holiday celebrates religious freedom and rescue  Mar 7, 2009
    Defining momentWhile Purim is a joyous time, it also brings with it some serious reflection of a very important period in Jewish history, Collen said. Purim celebrates one of the defining moments in our history as a people, he said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    The Elusive Englishman  Mar 7, 2009
    According to Kirsch, after a century and a half of Jewish history that Disraeli could never have foreseen, Sidonia looks like nothing so much as an anti-Semitic hate figure. It is amazing, in fact, how Disraeli manages to combine in this one character every malicious slander and paranoid fear that the anti-Semitic imagination can breed. (The American Conservative)

    Man charged with impersonating experts  Mar 7, 2009
    During a six-month period in 2008, Raphael Haim Golb, whose father Norman Golb is a University of Chicago professor of Jewish history, created dozens of Internet aliases in the names of individuals who were active in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship. The scrolls shed light on the life of Jews and early Christians at the time of Jesus. (Yahoo News)

    How Psyched Are Jewish Settlers That Netanyahu Is Back!  Mar 5, 2009
    Elianna Passentin at the Hayovel outpost HAYOVEL, West BankElianna Passentin says she moved from her native California to this settlement deep in the heart of the West Bank because she wanted to raise her six children in a place tied to Jewish history. "Looking out our windows, we see Tel Shilo, which was the capital of the Israelite kingdom for 359 years and the site of the Tabernacle," she says. (Slate)

    Jewish Cleveland live on stage (5)  Mar 4, 2009
    Sean Martin, WRHS associate curator of Jewish history, and John Grabowski, director of research, picked me up and literally drove me around all the neighborhoods and told me how the demographics have changed, Reddin says appreciatively. Curtain up. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Whats new in Germany and Austria  Mar 4, 2009
    The interior of the adjacent Jewish History Museum is interesting architecturally, but its exhibit is the least interesting of its kind that I've seen in Europe. For a better telling of the Jewish story, don't miss the new Visitors Center opening at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Say howdy’ to the Jews of Texas (4)  Mar 4, 2009
    Galveston became a famous city in Jewish history as a result of the Galveston Plan, a project of New York Jewish banker Jacob Schiff to divert Jewish European immigrants to the South and Southwest. By 1917, when the plan closed down because of the outbreak of World War I, it had settled more than 10,000 immigrants. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Questions for a teachers teacher  Feb 27, 2009
    In September, I have a book coming out about early Cleveland Jewish history. I ll probably continue to write. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Jewish art is focus of forum this weekend  Feb 25, 2009
    She was one of twelve scholars who participated in The Visual Culture of American Religions project and is the former curator of the American Jewish Historical Society and the National Museum of American Jewish History. Smith will provide a historical background on Jewish art, and then address challenging contemporary questions: How have we interpreted the prohibition of making graven images. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)

    "A Mad Desire to Dance"  Feb 22, 2009
    As an author, Wiesel has written one of the most powerful memoirs of the Holocaust ever committed to paper, along with dozens of novels and numerous works of Jewish history and biblical analysis. So it gives me little pleasure to say that Wiesel's latest novel, "A Mad Desire to Dance," is one of the most impenetrable books published by a major author in recent memory. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Israeli 'Religious' Parties Do Not Represent True Torah-Based Judaism  Feb 20, 2009
    It was clear to every observant Jew that the Zionist movement was deviant sect designed to steer Jews away from the Torah, no different from the other heretical sects that existed for brief periods of time throughout Jewish history. Tragically, with the passing of time, the Zionist movement succeeded in ensnaring certain religious rabbis into their trap. (PR Newswire)

    Profile: Jehuda Reinharz, President of Brandeis  Feb 18, 2009
    Earned master's degree in medieval Jewish history from Harvard University in 1968 and a doctorate in modern Jewish history from Brandeis in 1972. Academic career: First professor of Jewish history at the University of Michigan, 1972-1982 ... Became professor of modern Jewish history at Brandeis in 1982. (Boston Globe)

    Church columnists: January 14, 2009  Feb 8, 2009
    From the scapegoats of early Jewish history to the spotless lambs of the Passover feast, the lamb was offered up to God as a sacrifice for the life of His people. Jesus' sinless innocence and perfect obedience made His Sacrifice on the Cross, our salvation. (Catoosa County News, GA)

    Journey to Israel 'a learning experience'  Feb 8, 2009
    Strauss was one of 42 students from the U.S. and Canada who spent mornings learning Hebrew and Jewish history and afternoons in general studies classes such as chemistry, English, world history and pre-calculus. The group also spent ample time exploring the country - climbing the Golan mountains, exploring caves and swimming in the sea. (Beacon Villager, MA)

    Israeli Arabs fear a Gaza backlash as far right prepares for power ...  Feb 8, 2009
    "Listen," said Mustafa, the PR executive, bitterly, "Who is Lieberman to say to me that I should be part of the West Bank? I speak Hebrew better than he does. I know Jewish culture better than he does. I got the highest score in Jewish history when I matriculated. I doubt he even studied Jewish history."I work together with Jews in Tel Aviv. We are the ones who are building the state together not him. (guardian.co.uk)

    Israel: No choice but to fight  Feb 8, 2009
    The curse of Jewish history - the inability to take mere existence for granted - has returned to a country whose founding was intended to resolve that uncertainty. We feel the impingement of siege. (International Herald Tribune)

    Catch defiler of Ohav Zedek  Apr 1, 2008
    This was not a mere prank. This was an act of hatred and intimidation. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)

    Jewishfilm.2008 is coming to Brandeis  Mar 23, 2008
    Tal spent three years piecing together home movies and old radio recordings from kibbutzim archives to revisit that part of Jewish history and culture, resulting in the documentary "Children of the Sun." Shown in a preview with Tal present earlier this month, the film returns April 12 as part of The National Center for Jewish Film's 11th annual film festival, Jewishfilm. 2008. (Boston Globe)

    Smart Traveler  Mar 22, 2008
    Vacationers Splurge on Private Tours (SmartMoney Magazine) at SmartMoney. Sign up now for FREESmartMoney. (SmartMoney)

    Human rights proponents will explore prevention, remedies for genocide  Mar 21, 2008
    Panelists for this session will be Hasia Diner, the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg professor of American Jewish history at New York University; Gerald Gahima, a judge on the Bosnia War Crimes Panel and former vice president of the Supreme Court of Rwanda; Chuck Meyers, senior program associate of Facing History and Ourselves; and Kathleen Young, professor of anthropology at Western Washington University. Confronting Darfur, the third panel, will address the conflict in the Darfur region of the... (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)

    Living for the 'gasp'  Mar 9, 2008
    The project, Sherman explained in a recent telephone interview, began as something of a millennium project, an attempt to sum up 100 years of Jewish history. "Originally I had planned it as a multicharacter play, but I became drawn to this one woman. And the other characters fell away.". (Globe and Mail)

    Where is the lamb?  Feb 25, 2008
    This tremendous event in Jewish history is still celebrated today in the Feast of the Passover. Under the law given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, the Jews were instructed that when one sinned he was to bring an animal (a lamb) to the altar, place his hands on the animal s head while confessing his sin (thereby transferring the guilt to the sacrifice), and then slay the lamb. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    My history, our history (2/4)  Feb 5, 2008
    And as MSMS teacher Chuck Yarborough so eloquently put it, as he led us on a trip through history down Catfish Alley, along Martin Luther Drive South and on to Missionary Union Baptist Church and down Second Avenue North where the Penny-Savings Bank once stood I don't like to think of history as white history or African-American history or Jewish history. It's our history. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)

    SOUL SURVIVORS  Jan 13, 2008
    January 13, 2008 -- The survival of the Sarajevo Haggadah is one of the marvels of modern Jewish history. In People of the Book," Geraldine Brooks uses fiction to re-imagine the amazing history of this illuminated 14th century Hebrew text, which survived the political and religious wars and upheavals that ravaged Europe and the Near East from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Unfortunately, the novel doesn't live up to its inspiration. Brooks examines this strange, eventful history... (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Exploring Jewish-America  Jan 5, 2008
    " Even when it falters, "The Jewish Americans" remains both informative and engaging. Most viewers, no matter how well acquainted they are with American Jewish history, are likely to learn things. You may already know about Hank Greenberg, the slugger for the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s, or Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America (1945). But did you also know that it was a couple of Jewish kids in Cleveland who invented "Superman. " One of their amusingly twerpy voices is heard in the show.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Jewish series mirrors American immigrant story  Jan 4, 2008
    His favorite segment in the whole series is part of Cleveland s Jewish history: the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who created the Superman character. Two young guys, frustrated in their hopes and dreams, were reflecting on their own lives. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Last matzo factory on New York's Lower East Side moving out  Dec 29, 2007
    But in a sign of the times, the building will serve a dual purpose as an American Jewish history museum and a functioning synagogue. "After the 1980s, you got this continual increase of property values and rents and it just never stopped or went down again," said Clayton Patterson, a local preservationist. (Boston Globe)

    More of this story  Dec 28, 2007
    Chronicling 350 years of Jewish history in America, deciding what to omit and what to include, is an ambitious undertaking. Jewish Americans seeks to illuminate the American story through comprehensive treatment of one immigrant group, whose impact on life here far outweighs its tiny size. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)

    Art & architecture offerings for the holidays  Dec 12, 2007
    So "Monuments" is a welcome backward look at 38 commemorative sites, from the Alamo, Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument to more obscure ones such as North Side-based artist Diane Samuels' "Luminous Manuscript" monument to Jewish history at New York's Center for Jewish History. The introductory essay, which explores the meaning and purpose of memorials and monuments, is followed by one tracing their evolution from ancient pyramids and obelisks to the spontaneous and temporary memorials of... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Experience an hour of medieval wonder in Germany  Dec 12, 2007
    The town is also known for its Jewish history, with Judaica in the Imperial City Museum; and Judengasse (Jews' Lane), a street billed as Germany's only intact ghetto from the Middle Ages. Perched high above the Tauber River, Rothenburg, offers stunning views, especially for those who climb atop its 20-foot-high covered wall to walk the circumference of the town, officially known as Rothenburg ob der Tauber. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Journeying to faith: Adults prepare for bar, bat mitzvah ceremony Saturday  Dec 7, 2007
    DuCloux said she worked in retail management for years and never found the time for the weekly lessons and study of Jewish history, liturgy, philosophy, rabbinic literature and theology required for her own bat mitzvah. "It wasn't that important to me at the time," she said. (North County Times)

    Synagogue celebrates restoration  Dec 4, 2007
    While that lower floor will continue to function as an Orthodox synagogue, the building will now serve as a nonsectarian museum dedicated to American Jewish history and the history of the Lower East Side. The Museum at Eldridge Street will host programs about vaudeville music, Yiddish literature, family history research and other topics. (Auburn Citizen, NY)

    Historic NYC Synagogue Is Reborn  Dec 3, 2007
    While that lower floor will continue to function as an Orthodox synagogue, the building will now serve as a nonsectarian museum dedicated to American Jewish history and the history of the Lower East Side. Barry Yood, a retired health administrator whose great-grandfather served as Eldridge Street's rabbi, said he was looking forward to being a docent at the new museum. (CBS News -- US)

    U.S. Jewish population isn't declining  Dec 1, 2007
    Jewish summer camps, schools, charities and Web sites form a network of institutions that has no equal in all of Jewish history. The myth of the disappearing Jew can be traced in large measure to a single, well-publicized study recording 5. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Karkar: Partition of Palestine  Nov 30, 2007
    8] Israel Shahak, Jewish History, Jewish religion: The weight of 3000 years, Pluto Press, 1 December 1994. 9] 415. (Zmag.org)

    Editor's mailbag: Let’s help delivery people  Nov 28, 2007
    - - This comes AFTER 2 years of studying Hebrew, Jewish history, scriptures, etc. - - Isaiah also mentions that one MUST observe Sabbath. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    * Police, 'anti-fascists' block planned neo-Nazi march  Nov 12, 2007
    "We came here to show our support for the Czech Jewish community, why we're against all these anti-Semites and neo-Nazis. They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we felt we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism." ... "They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we felt we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism," Silverman said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Neo-Nazis Clash With Prague Protesters  Nov 11, 2007
    "They're picking a very holy day, a very sad day in Jewish history and we fell we need to support the Czech community against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism.". MMVII The Associated Press. (CBS News)

    Young blades for hire  Nov 3, 2007
    Christopher Tayler sets off in pursuit of Michael Chabon's tale of 10th-century Jewish adventurers, Gentlemen of the Road. Saturday November 3, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Nauman lights up exhibition at Warhol  Oct 31, 2007
    Samuel's "Luminous Manuscript," permanently installed in 2004 at the Center for Jewish History, New York, is among 38 sites and/or commemorations in the book. Others include the Statue of Liberty, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, The Alamo, and 9/11 temporary memorials. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    R.B. Kitaj, 74; paintings conveyed historical, literary themes  Oct 25, 2007
    Mr. Kitaj often made wild use of collage, fragmentary design, and bright colors, along with a thematic concern with modern Jewish history, particularly the Holocaust. His art highlighted historical and social commentary and obscure literary references. (Boston Globe)

    Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France  Oct 25, 2007
    Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France - International Herald Tribune ... Claude Miller's 'Un Secret': A Jewish history lost and found in France. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Professor discusses anti-Semitism  Oct 21, 2007
    Paula Hyman, a professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University and the president of the American Academy of Jewish Research, lectured in "Anti-Semitism, Gender and Jewish Identity in Europe" at Drayton Hall. The lecture, part of the Solomon Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies, focused on the pervasiveness of European stereotypes of the Jewish male and female in the 1890's and 1900's. (Gamecock Online, SC)

    Ann Coulter Wants Jews to Become Christian -- So What?  Oct 16, 2007
    I say this as a committed Jew, a religious Jew, a Jewish writer and lecturer, a past college instructor in Jewish history, co-author of a widely read book on anti-Semitism, recipient of the American Jewish Press Association's Prize for Excellence in Jewish Commentary, instructor in Torah at the American Jewish University, and a man who has fought anti-Semitism all his life ... I say this as a committed Jew, a religious Jew, a Jewish writer and lecturer, a past college instructor in Jewish... (Townhall.com)

    Israel: Archeology and the Propaganda War of Lies  Oct 16, 2007
    Tissue of Lies: Archeology and the Propaganda War Against Israel - HUMAN EVENTS. In one of those ironies of questionable scholarship, just as a battle over a Barnard scholar s book about Israeli archeology had inflamed her application for tenure, heavy equipment was tearing away at the ancient crown of Jerusalem s 36-acre Temple Mount, Judaism s holiest site. (Human Events Online)

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