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Tagged African Jewish tribes
PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) – Filmmaker Laurence Gavron is on a journey to document lost Jewish tribes in Africa. The French-born Gavron, who has made Senegal her home since 1989, says she was ...
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Steve Ulin
A. Steven Ulin, M.D., died July 7, 2017, just two weeks shy of his 100th birthday. Dr. Ulin was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania ...
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The young Jewish chef who made vegan food tasty — long before Beyonce made it cool
NEW YORK (JTA) — There’s a buzzy new eatery on the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal streets in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The restaurant, by CHLOE, is garnering consistently good reviews and ...
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Summer is for reading — in air-conditioned Tucson or at the ocean’s rocky shore
I’m an undisciplined reader. I’m always reading a few books at a time, at least one novel, a memoir and some other nonfiction. Here’s a sampling of my recent reading, with and without Jewish ...
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J Street, the book — expect more controversy
NEW YORK (JTA) — If there’s one thing J Street is good at, it’s getting attention. Supporters, critics and relatively neutral observers all have conspired — with plenty of prodding from J Street’s own ...
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Supreme Court opens with three Jewish justices, two Arizona cases on docket
WASHINGTON (JTA) — For the first time in history, a U.S. Supreme Court convened last week with three Jewish justices. And Jewish defense organizations had their eyes on … Arizona. Two of the three ...
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NASA Ambassador to Share Wonders of Tucson’s Night Sky
Southern Arizona’s dark skies and its astronomy community are a huge part of the attraction for Shumaker, an avid amateur ...
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A Little Light – Hanukkah at Hillel
“You don’t know me, but you spoke at Professor Thomas Meixner’s memorial service a couple months ago. I was going through my ...
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Shalom Broadway: The Jewish Musical Legacy
Broadway favorites by Jewish composers include Annie Get Your Gun, Guys & Dolls, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, The Sound of ...
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New Jewish section consecrated at Marana cemetery
A Jewish section has been established at Marana Mortuary and Cemetery, with Rabbi Ephraim Zimmerman of Chabad of Oro Valley overseeing religious aspects of the section. “Until now Jewish burial was ...
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Lamenting the gulf on Tisha B’Av
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Alas, this year on the Ninth of Av, Tisha B’Av, when we darken our mood and grieve our losses, should we add a lament for what has happened in the Gulf of Mexico? On a day when we ...
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Family memories of Japanese internment camps in U.S. spark Tucson poet’s talk
More than 100 people packed the Holocaust History Center at the Jewish History Museum on Friday, Jan. 20 for a gallery chat, “States of Exile: Arizona’s place, and the place of Arizona, in the wartime ...