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    10 Jewish baseball players from history who you may not know (but should)
    (Jewish Telgraphic Agancy (JTA), 2022-08-11) Friedman, Caleb
    The author notes that most baseball fans are familiar with the famed Jewish players, Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, both of whom are in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He lists ten less well-known Jewish baseball players whose careers spanned much of the 20th century. Click on the link above to read the article.
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    10 Jewish Sports Icons
    (Aish, 2024-02-04) Miller, Mark
    A list and brief description of ten pioneering Jewish athletes and their impact in areas including baseball, swimming, boxing and gymnastics. Click on the link to read the article.
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    10 Times Jon Stewart Outdid Journalism
    (Rolling Stone Magazine, 2015-08-05) Fear, David, Grierson, Tim and Love, Matthew
    Article in Rolling Stone Magazine describing episodes in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart in which Stewart engaged in more probing investigative journalism than did the mainstream press or cable news programs, often aiming his most strident criticism at the media itself. Click on the link above to read to article.
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    100 Years On: The Jewish Suffragists Who Helped Women Win the Right to Vote
    (Jewish Journal, 2020-08-14) Anderson, Adrienne Wigdortz
    Although Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth were some of the best known figures in the battle for women's suffrage in the United States, other activists played a significant role in the suffrage movement, including Jewish women. In commemoration the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, this article details the contributions of Jewish feminist activists, and suggests that their commitment grew out of the importance of the call to engage in tikkun olam (perfecting the world) in Jewish teaching. Click on the link above to read the article.
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    11 Iconic Christmas Songs That Were Written By Jews
    (Kveller, 2020-12-22) Albert, Maddy
    This article discusses the fact that many iconic, secular Christmas songs were written by Jewish composers, including "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," "Silver Bells," "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," and, perhaps the best-known, "White Christmas." Click on the link to read the article.
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    12 Angry Men
    (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1957) Lumet, Sidney
    One of Sidney Lumet's most critically-acclaimed films, 12 Angry Men is about twelve members of a jury who are deciding the guilt or innocence of a defendant. A guilty verdict would result in a death sentence. Eleven jurors vote to convict, while one juror, believing in the defendant's innocence, withstands intense pressure form the other jurors and refuses to agree to a guilty verdict. This film was downloaded from the Internet Archive. Click on the icon to watch the film.
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    1990: Sammy Davis Jr., Famous Convert to Judaism, Dies : Sammy Davis - a great mainstream star in an era when, as a black man, he couldn't stay in some of the hotels he performed in
    (Haaretz, 2013-05-16) Green, David B.
    Part of Haaretz's "This Day in Jewish History" series, this article discusses the life, career and formal conversion to Judaism of the African-American entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr. The article notes that while Davis was recovering in the hospital from injuries sustained in a car accident, performer Eddie Cantor spoke to him about the similarities between black and Jewish culture. That sparked Davis' interest in Judaism and he began reading about Judaism. He converted some time later. Click on the link to read the article.
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    2018 Survey of Jews in Canada: Final Report
    (Environics Institute for Survey Research, 2019) Brym, Robert; Neuman, Keith; Lenton, Rhonda
    A survey of Canadian Jews that examines the Canadian Jewish experience. Modeled on the 2013 Pew Survey of American Jews (see the Pew survey in this collection), the Environics Institute for Survey Research looks at "what it means to be Jewish in Canada today—specifically, patterns of Jewish practice, upbringing, and intermarriage; perceptions of anti-Semitism; attitudes toward Israel; and personal and organizational connections that, taken together, constitute the community." Click on the icon to read the survey.
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    21 Short and Sweet Shel Silverstein Poems That’ll Bring You Back to Childhood
    (HarperCollins Publishers, 2022) Silverstein, Shel
    In celebration of Poetry Month in April, HarperCollins published some poems by Shel Silverstein. Click on the link above to read the poems. For the New York Times obituary of Shel Silverstein, click on the link below.
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    50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
    (PaulSimonVevo, 2013-09-11) Simon, Paul
    A YouTube video of Paul Simon's hit "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover." Click on the link above to access.
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    A Friendship in the Prophetic Tradition: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King, Jr.
    (2018) Heschel, Susannah
    Susannah Heschel, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, explored the relationship between Rabbi Heschel and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Despite the obvious differences in background, religion and ethnicity, She notes that their bond was forged in the prophetic tradition, which both men shared. As Heschel stated in this article, "[w]hat brought them together were the prophets: the rhetoric of indictment and hope, irony and promise, but above all, the prophetic understanding of God." For both, ethical and political engagement were not a choice, but a responsibility to which we are called by God. Click on the link to read the article.
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    A Jewish Farmers Movement: Revolutionary or Ridiculous?
    (The Forward, 2016-02-16) Friedman, Dan
    An article about a Jewish farmers conference in San Diego--their “second annual convening.” A niche within the niche of the sustainable farming movement, the group sees itself as instantiating the traditional values of Judaism. As a member, Aaron Gross said, in describing the connection between farming and Judaism, “the Judaism of the Bible and the ancient rabbis is quintessentially agrarian — a religion of herding and harvesting, of seed and soil.” Attendees, who came from different locations in the United States, Canada and Israel shared a "commitment to three intersecting areas: Jewish values, social justice and environmental sustainability" and the goal of creating a "world in which each generation gives the next an earth renewed by a care that is guided by ancient Jewish values." Click on the link to read the article.
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    A.M. Klein
    (University of Toronto Libraries, 2000) Pollock, Zaillig; University of Toronto and University of Toronto Libraries; Klein, A.M.
    This is the entry for A.M. Klein in Canadian Poetry Online, a web site of the University of Toronto Libraries. It contains a biography, bibliographies, and a selection of his poems. Click on the link above to access.
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    Aaron Copland Collection
    (Library of Congress Music Division, 2020) Library of Congress
    The Music Division of the Library of Congress has a collection devoted to Aaron Copland. It includes photographs, articles and essays he wrote, his notated musical scores, his correspondence, etc. Click on the link above to view the collection. For NAJC's entry of the Encyclopedia Britannica's overview of Copland's work and his significance. The next link leads to NAJC's entry for a documentary on YouTube on Copland's musical works.
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    Aaron Copland: American Composer
    (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020-11-28) Machlis, Joseph
    Aaron Copland was a well-known American composer whose work explored distinctly American themes and genres. Click on the link above to read the Encyclopedia Britannica's discussion of Copland's prolific work. Click on the first link below for a full length YouTube documentary on the work and significance of Aaron Copland.
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    Aaron Lansky, who rescued 1.5 million Yiddish books and founded the Yiddish Book Center, is retiring
    (The Forward, 2024-02-27) Harpaz, Beth
    An article about Aaron Lansky, who founded the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Lanksly, and who is retiring as president of the Center. As a 23 year old graduate student in Jewish Studies at McGill University, he was trying to locate Yiddish books to help him with his research in Eastern European Jewish studies. He found many books that were being discarded by libraries and private collections. He took a 2-year leave of absence from his studies and set upon a mission of saving as many of these Yiddish books as possible. He is credited with saving 1.5 million volumes that would otherwise have been discarded and destroyed. His work at the Yiddish Book Center helped to spur a wider appreciated of Yiddish language and culture. Click on the link to read the article.
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    Abie’s Yiddish Muse
    (The Nation, 2014-01-29) Guttenplan, D. D.
    An essay on a biography of Abraham Cahan entitled "The Rise of Abraham Cahan." The essay reviews the life of Cahan, who was the longtime editor of the Yiddish language "Forward." Click on the link above to access this biographical essay.
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    Abortion rights crusader Henry Morgentaler, revered and hated, dead at 90
    (The Globe and Mail, 2013-05-29) Martin, Sandra
    Lengthy obituary on the life, death and significance of Dr. Henry Morgentaler. Click on the link above to access the obituary.
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    About Jonas Salk
    (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 2017) Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    A brief biography of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Jonas Salk. Click on the link above to access the biography.
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    Academic Angles
    (Museum at Eldridge Street, 2009-01-08) Chiat, Marilyn, Gruber, Samuel, Gurock, Jeffrey, Michels, Tony, Moore, Deborah Dash, Prell, Riv-Ellen, Shandler, Jeffrey, Soyer, Daniel
    Articles about the Lower East Side of New York City from leading Jewish history and preservation scholars, who participated in the Museum at Eldridge Street’s “Academic Angles” lecture series and walking tours. Click on the link under Files on the left hand side to access the booklet.