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May 2022

Liev Schreiber

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Jewish actor Liev Schreiber will play Anne Frank’s father Otto in a new Disney+ limited series, the latest dramatization of the Frank family’s harrowing...
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May 2022

Aliyah.com

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Koby Geduld clocks into work at 7 p.m. most nights. He’s a project coordinator for Tile, the San Mateo–based maker of Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices....
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May 2022

“Who Do You Think You Are?”

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Movie star Gwyneth Paltrow has funded a sign chronicling the history of the Jews in her ancestors’ hometown in Poland.     The informational signboard—as...
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May 2022

Sent with Love

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The United States Postal Service released a new series of Forever stamps Friday in honor of Shel Silverstein, the Jewish author and illustrator who...
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May 2022

High (Court) Art

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that heirs to a German Jewish art dealer could use the U.S. court system to reclaim a valuable painting...
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May 2022

Immigrants and Independence Days

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It sure helps to be an immigrant when it comes to celebrating your country’s independence day. Immigrants, especially if they have come as adults,...
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May 2022

Gobsmacked and Gleeful

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A few months ago, Israel was named the 9th Happiest Country in the World in a publication called “World’s Happiness Report,” a highly touted...
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In Memoriam- Mighty Mensch-Polly Sloan was an icon of Jewish Orange County

August 2022 Ilene Schneider -
“When Polly Sloan (1925-2022) died in her Monarch Beach home on May 31 at age 97, it wasn’t only the end of an era;...
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News & Jews- A California university will rename a library building previously named after a Nazi sympathizer

August 2022 Lillian Isley-Greene, JTA -
The California State University Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to remove the name of an unrepentant antisemite and Nazi sympathizer from the main library...
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Orange County’s Jewish History- The (Jewish) Godmother of Latin American Art

August 2022 Dalia Taft -
It might seem a bit odd, but the person who single-handedly introduced modern Latin American art as a legitimate field of study was not,...
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Well Seasoned

August 2022 Judy Bart Kancigor -
If ever a cuisine may be said to be misunderstood, it must be Indian. “Too spicy” some people will say, or “I don’t like...
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