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Jews of Baja California Sur
By Donald H. Harrison Chabad has established vibrant and growing Jewish communities on either side of the southern tip of ...
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The Secret Life of Purim Costumes
By Deborah Fineblum, JNS.org It was precisely 10 years ago that Sharon Abeles snapped her first picture of a kid in his Purim ...
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Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard at North Coast Rep
By Eva Trieger North Coast Repertory Theatre has but one goal: to provide entertaining and thought-provoking theatre to patrons of all ages and ...
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Sundays with George
By Eva Trieger Many art lovers are well-acquainted with Georges Seurat’s bucolic painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande. Less ...
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Sports journalist Emily Austin brings her ‘A game’ in defense of Israel
By Bradley Martin, JNS.org Social media influencer and popular sports journalist Emily Austin, 21, was outspoken in her love for Israel at the ...
- ‘Please don’t stop’: Pandemic project of daily Magna-Tiles messages passes 1,000-day markThe first Magna-Tiles message the Tuvin family posted on their garage doors in West Hartford, Connecticut, was simple and straightforward. It was March 27, 2020, two weeks into COVID lockdown, and it was a Friday. “Shabbat” read the colorful magnets on one door. “Shalom,” said the other. Two weeks later, on the day Jews everywhere... […]
- Where are the Passover gnomes?Perusing the HomeGoods store the day after New Year’s, I noticed that love was already in the air. The gnomes had switched over (miraculously) from Hanukkah and Christmas-themed to Valentine’s Day (in at least 18 varieties). Soon, St. Patrick’s Day gnomes would appear, followed by an abundance of Easter gnomes. But there are no gnomes... […]
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