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“Shark Week” tidbits from Israel

As a nod to Discovery Channel’s Shark Week (beginning today), here are three shark facts from Israel: January 6, 1982 – A shark in Tel Aviv’s Dolphinarium gives birth to three pups, in what is deemed a rare event for sharks in captivity. July 8, 1985 – Israeli scientists find household detergents can be […]

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1964 Rochester race riot shattered downtown Jewish character

What made the 1964 Rochester race riot extraordinary was that it was so unexpected. “I lived in the city at the time, but my wife and I were in Paris on our honeymoon when the news broke,” recalled Paul Goldberg via email. “We had just had a conversation with someone we met on the trip […]

Jewish baseball heroes, real and fake

Ross Ufberg at the Forward’s Arty-Semite launched an imaginative series about “The Lions of Zion,” a fictional all-Jewish baseball team trying to compete in the National League in 1933. Had the team been real, JTA might have been able to help the hapless Hebrews drum up support the following year. [[READMORE]] JTA Jewish Daily Bulletin […]

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Lower the bar: words of distraction for aspiring Jewish lawyers

Larry David, Palestinian chicken and comedic timing

Jewish rock star who narrowly escaped the twenty-seven club

Bialik made Hebrew revival more than pulling teeth

Paul Simon kosher; is Cat Stevens clear to board an Israeli ‘Peace Train?’

How Israel and Apollo 11 shared the giant leap for mankind

[TIMELINE] Nelson Mandela’s complex and storied Jewish relationships

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