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Hanukkah: Alaska Celebrates Start of Jewish Holiday
Channel 2 NewsOn Friday, pre-schoolers at the Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska prepared for the Hanukkah holiday a little early by practicing to light a menorah. For the past two weeks, the children have been learning the story of Hanukkah, decorating the classroom,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Hanukkah, Holidays, Festive Events, Religious Festivals
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Holocaust Survivor Living in Alaska Shares Her Story
Channel 2 NewsTwo Alaska residents were honored Saturday at the ninth annual Jewish Cultural Gala in Anchorage, held to benefit the new Jewish Cultural Campus, for being sparks of light in the darkest chapter of human history. Rachel Gottstein, married to Barney...Tags: First National Bank Alaska, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, World War II (1939-1945), Israel
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Jewish deli, Baltimore burgers and a circus come to Ocean City
People come back to Ocean City for the traditions — a favorite restaurant, beach spot or mini-golf course. For visitors looking to try something different, this season has a lot of new things to offer, whether you eat at the town's new (and only)...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Entertainment, Theme Park Vacations, American Eagle Outfitters Incorporated, Highway Transportation
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Composer Richard Wagner's 200th birthday will be marked worldwide
Richard Wagner -- the 19th century composer whose epic operas are considered to be among the greatest ever written and whose anti-Semitic views still cause controversy -- was born 200 years ago Wednesday in Leipzig, Germany. The composer's...
Tags: Music, Apocalypse Now (movie), Melancholia (movie), Religion and Belief, Django Unchained (movie)
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Eagle Scout project helps temple
Jeremy Jarger said two of the biggest influences on his life have been scouting and his faith. That made it pretty easy to select a community-minded Eagle Scout project — building a pergola, an outdoor arbor-like structure, for the temple to which...
Tags: Religion and Belief
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Biden says Jewish leaders in Hollywood, social media drove changing attitudes on gay marriage
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV...Tags: Religion and Belief, Washington, DC, Same-Sex Marriage, NBC (tv network), Gays and Lesbians
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Lehigh Valley primary election wrap
In a closely-contested race for Bethlehem mayor that remained too close to call well past midnight, Robert Donchez prevailed over William J. Reynolds by 296 votes according to unofficial Morning Call vote tabulations. But the margin was so narrow...
Tags: Allentown, Pen Argyl, Political Candidates, Voting, Voting Machines
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Lyssa Chapman on her new book, her new show and life beyond Dog the Bounty Hunter
Channel Guide MagazineDog the Bounty Hunter fans know Lyssa Chapman as “Baby Lyssa,” the petite and beautiful blond daughter of Duane Dog Chapman, stepdaughter of Beth Chapman and half sister to the show’s other stars, Leland and Duane Lee Chapman —... -
Orlando area group packs thousands of meals for Oklahoma tornado victims
Working to the pulsing beat of dance music, dozens of volunteers filled thousands of small plastic bags with lentils, rice and dehydrated vegetables at the Feeding Children Everywhere warehouse in Longwood Tuesday night. When mixed with water, each...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Religion and Belief, Campbell (Osceola, Florida), Social Issues, Winter Springs
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Germany celebrates 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer
Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views,...Tags: Music, Berlin (Germany), Germany, Religion and Belief, Nazi Party
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'Mr. Motivatr' leaves them laughing
The monogram on his polo shirt read "Mr. Motivatr." Jacques Wiesel joked that there wasn't space for the "o." Wiesel, who with his family fled Brussels and the Nazis when he was seven years old, had enough brushes with death by the time U.S. troops in...Tags: Tamarac, Physical Conditions, Pembroke Pines, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Synagogue hosting casino night
Ahavat Olam in Miami is hosting a fundraising event featuring blackjack, craps, poker and roulette. The Kendall synagogue will host a Casino Night Extravaganza on May 25 at Kendall Hotel & Suites, 9100 N. Kendall Drive in Miami. Games begin at 8 p.m. and...Tags: Religion and Belief
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