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SD school district’s Jewish leader has big-picture vision for public education
September 2015
- New CD of Yiddish children’s songs by Vilna-born composer David BotwinikA new CD was released this year of delightful Yiddish children’s songs, composed by the Vilna-born musician David Botwinik who died in 2022 at the age of 101. The album, Zumer iz shoyn vider do, which translates to “Summer is finally here again”, was compiled by Botwinik’s son, Sender Botwinik. It features 36 tracks of... […]
- Synagogue protests have shocked NYC and LA. This Michigan congregation has faced them for 22 yearsProtests outside prominent synagogues in New York City and Los Angeles have roiled the Jewish community in recent weeks, prompting scrutiny of how authorities respond when demonstrators at a house of worship frame their actions as Israel-related political speech. Rabbi Nadav Caine of Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has some experience with that:... […]