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Printed in black and white and bigotry all over, Nazi official Hans Severus Ziegler's brochure for his public exhibit in Dusseldorf featured an African-American jazz musician with a Star of David on his lapel. Designed to ridicule and belittle Jewish musicians for performing "Negro music" as another tactic to contaminate German culture, "Entartete Musik" ("Degenerate Music") opened in May 1938 - just four months before Kristallnacht. By then a ban on "Negro jazz" had already been instated,...
We’ve been self-quarantining for more than 40 days and 40 nights and, quite frankly, we’re running out of steam. Still, we can’t escape all the social media posts and articles (and our mother’s voices in our heads) telling us to make good use of this time. Friends, editors, and even country singer Roseanne Cash reminded us that Shakespeare wrote “King Lear” when he was quarantined during the Great Plague. Actress — no, sorry, lifestyle expert Gwyneth Paltrow urged us to write a book, teach ourselves to code online and learn a language. Tee...
Aaron Keyak, longtime Jewish political organizer, to head Biden’s Jewish outreach By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — With four months to Election Day, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign now boasts a staffer dedicated to mobilizing Jewish voters. Aaron Keyak, who has already been working on Biden’s campaign, is filling the role, first advertised late last month. Jewish Insider was the first to report Keyak’s appointment on Friday. Keyak is a longtime Democratic political strategist whose work has included leading a Jewish outreach effort for Barack Ob...
Eitan Glucksman often wakes up at 4:30 a.m., putting in 15-hour days as a first-year urology resident at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York. The father of two has a grueling schedule but says he feels lucky: He's one of only two urology residents admitted per year to the hospital, which is affiliated with New York Medical College, part of the Touro College and University System. "This is a field where you can really make a difference," said Glucksman, 27, an Orthodox native of...
BERLIN (JTA) - There were approximately 30,000 Jews in the city of Frankfurt before World War II, making it the largest community in Germany. By the time the U.S. military occupied the city in 1945, there were only about 100 left. "Jewish life was destroyed," said Tobias Freimuller, author of the recently published "Frankfurt and the Jews," a history of the community from 1945-1990. Flash forward to 2020 and the Jewish community of Frankfurt is once again a powerful force in the city, one of...
Marion Schwartz, age 85, of Lake Mary, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at AdventHealth Hospice Orlando. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 30, 1935, to the late Joseph and Bessie Grossman Moldau. Mrs. Schwartz was a graduate of Brooklyn College, had a Master of Science degree in Education from the University of Bridgeport and was an elementary school educator. She relocated from Connecticut to the Orlando area in 1999 and was a resident of Oakmont Village in Lake Mary. She is...
