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At The Heart of the Film “Oppenheimer” is a Clash Between Real-Life Jews
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — In 1945 physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, hailed as the “father of the atomic bomb” and the man who ended World War II. Less than a decade later, he was a pariah, after the United States Atomic Energy Commission revoked his security clearance following allegations about his…
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Is Barbie Jewish? The Complex Jewish History of the Doll, Explained.
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) July 9, 2023 Long before the craze over the upcoming “Barbie” movie, most people could conjure an image of the doll: She was the beauty standard and the popular girl, a perky, white, ever-smiling brand of Americana. She was also the child of a hard-nosed Jewish businesswoman, Ruth Handler, whose…
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Jewish Quotas Were at the Heart of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Harvard’s 20th-century antisemitic Jewish quotas were a key part of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action on Thursday, as the winning litigant and two conservative justices cited them in the landmark case. The 6-3 decision Thursday, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, bars universities from using race…
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Around the Table: Book Review of MichaelTwitty’s Award-Winning, “Koshersoul”
By Charlotte Rouchouze Michael Twitty’s second book, entitled “Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an American Jew,” recent recipient of the National Jewish Book Award’s 2022 Jewish Book of the Year, immerses us in the understudied subject of Black Jewishness. This is a topic that speaks to Twitty’s own experience as a Black American…
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Germany Agrees to Record $1.4 billion in Annual Holocaust Reparations As Survivors Age
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) – Conditions didn’t seem favorable in early May as Stuart Eizenstat entered annual negotiations with the German government over reparations for the estimated 240,000 remaining Holocaust survivors around the world. Eizenstat had served as the special negotiator for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany since 2009, and had analyzed the…
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Avertto Wins Hebrew University’s Asper Prize Startup Award For 2023
Press Release First prize of NIS 100,000 awarded to Avertto for developing a system to prevent and heal strokes Avertto, a startup in the health field, emerged victorious in this year’s highly competitive Asper Prize startup award. The award, presented by ASPER-HUJI Innovate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, and the Asper…
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Avertto Wins Hebrew University’s a Prize Startup Award For 2023
Press Release First prize of NIS 100,000 awarded to Avertto for developing a system to prevent and heal strokes Avertto, a startup in the health field, emerged victorious in this year’s highly competitive Asper Prize startup award. The award, presented by ASPER-HUJI Innovate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, and the Asper…
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“Mishpacha Memories” Brings History to Life at Hebrew Cemetery
By Brian Yesowitch, Hebrew Cemetery Association Historical Chair Most of us have experienced excitement and admiration when we hear about someone in sports, entertainment, or another field who has done something noteworthy and newsworthy. For many of us, that excitement grows, and our hearts swell when we learn they’re Jewish! It’s such a common feeling…
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Local Jewish Leaders Attend Life and Legacy Leadership Conference
The Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community (FCJC) sponsored five Jewish community professionals to attend the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s 2023 Life & Legacy Leadership Conference in Springfield, Massachusetts in early May. Joining FCJC’s Phil Warshauer and Abby Kleber were Annie Keith and Melanie Hersch (Levine Jewish Community Center), Jonathan Friedman (Temple Beth El), Sam Bernstein…
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