By Eric Schulmiller
Gloves aren’t just for keeping hands warm. Jewish innovators created new ones to help athletes catch balls, protect hands and knock their opponent’s block off.
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By Eric Schulmiller
In January, three events occur within a one-week span: Shabbat Shira (the Sabbath of Song — which coincides with the annual Torah reading of “The Song of the Sea” in the Book of Exodus), Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Tu B’Shvat (the Jewish New Year of the trees). The first of these three celebrates the song sung by the Israelites following their escape from Egypt. “The Song of the Sea,” attributed to Moses and Miriam, is the first in a long line of works written by Jewish composers that depict Jews’ experience of freedom and their yearning for justice.
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By Eric Schulmiller
The last picture ever to be developed with Kodachrome film was slated to be processed Thursday, December 30 at the lone processing lab still handling this film — Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kan. A year after Kodak announced that it was retiring Kodachrome film, after nearly 75 years of production (making it the oldest and longest-running film in production of all time), the last shipment of processing chemicals had finally run out, and the last Kodachrome processing machine was due to be sold for scrap.
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By Eric Schulmiller
“It did not take long before the first heavy grey stones came tumbling down, and the children of the village amused themselves as they flung stones into the many coloured windows. When the first rays of a cold and pale November sun penetrated the heavy dark clouds, the little synagogue was but a heap of stone, broken glass and smashed-up woodwork.”Read More
By Eric Schulmiller
Last week we sat down with the visionary vegetarian Chef Amanda Cohen of New York’s
Dirt Candy, one of the city’s most acclaimed and forward thinking vegetarian restaurants. This week she discusses her vegetarian rebel philosophy, more Jewish food memories, and using humor in her restaurant.
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Forced Out by Nazis, Grandmother Returns With Family to German Hometown 
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