Study: Jewish numbers on rise
6.4 million in the US, Brandeis team estimates
Brandeis Professor Leonard Saxe has some good news for those fearing for the future of Judaism in America.
The number of American Jews is actually increasing, not decreasing.
A Brandeis team estimates the total US Jewish population at 6.4 million as of 2010, up from 5.7 million in 2000, and 5.5 million in 1990. Full Story
Happy tree year
In the spirit of Tu B’Shevat, third graders estimate the age of trees by counting growth rings, as part of their science studies at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston.
Above from left: Leetal Fishman, Doron Peer, Marissa Lehv and science teacher Elana Schrieber. Full Story
Blacks and Marcuses host Lavies
BOSTON - Isabelle and Scott Black and Cynthia and Bill Marcus hosted Technion President Peretz Lavie and his wife, Lena, at Smith & Wollensky Restaurant. Other Technion supporters and friends also attended the dinner. Lavie discussed Technion’s role in bolstering technology, defense and medicine in Israel, as well as entrepreneurial segments of Israel’s economy. Full Story
SHAS students visit ‘Phantom Tollbooth’ author
SHARON - Sixth graders at Striar Hebrew Academy traveled to Amherst to meet Norton Juster, author of 13 books including “The Phantom Tollbooth,” which they recently finished reading. Juster talked about his childhood and how the ways he used to deal with boredom helped inspire “Tollbooth.” He also shared his secret to overcoming writer’s block. Full Story
‘The Jazz Singer’ in clown face
“The Jazz Singer” was a Broadway hit in the 1920s with Georgie Jessel playing the cantor’s son who didn’t follow family tradition because he wanted to go into show business. In 1927 the story was immortalized on screen by Al Jolson in what would be the first talking feature film. Full Story
A painting threatens a friendship
French Jewish playwright Yasmina Reza could have been thinking of Reb Zusha of Hanipol when she wrote “ART.” The 18th century Hassidic sage didn’t make it his goal to become another Abraham or Moses, but rather to be simply himself. Full Story
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