Aaron Greenblatt
By Aaron Greenblatt
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Culture Holocaust Memorial Takes Flight
Hundreds of thousands of butterflies from around the world are flocking to the Holocaust Museum Houston as part of an educational program about the Holocaust. The museum’s Butterfly Project is attempting to collect 1.5 million handmade butterflies to represent the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust. So far, it has received more than…
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Culture Butterflies Teach a Colorful Lesson
Pavel Friedman’s enduring words inspired others to collect butterflies, as well. A few years ago, artist and activist Sue Klau visited New York’s Jewish Museum with her husband. She toured an exhibit of paintings from children in Theresienstadt and read Pavel’s poem “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” She turned to her husband and said, “Let’s…
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Israel News ‘Hava Nagila’: A Christmastime Hit?
In the battle for the No. 1 Christmas hit on the United Kingdom’s charts this season, rising British pop star Lauren Rose is being given an outside chance at outdoing challengers not with renditions of “Joy to the World” or “Silver Bells,” but with her own interpretation of the traditional Hebrew folk song “Hava Nagila.”…
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Israel News Broza Concert Broadcast
On a June morning before dawn, Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza performed for the 14th time at the foot of the Roman ramp leading to the summit of Masada. But now, the show will reach a much broader audience. The “sunrise concert” was filmed by Chicago’s PBS affiliate, WTTW, and beginning December 1 it will air…
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Culture Back to the Lower East Side
After 20 years of renovation, the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark, is now open to the public. The Eldridge Street Project’s restoration campaign is set to finish just before a second inauguration this week, capping an $18 million effort that brought together support from the City of New York and more than 18,000…
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Israel News Hefty Bid for Rebbe’s Specs
Among eBay’s unique postings are a human kidney and a jar that supposedly captured a breath from Pope John Paul II. Now, add a late rebbe’s eyeglasses. The starting price? A cool $350,000. The specs are said to have belonged to Grand Rabbi Solomon Halberstam, who purportedly wore the glasses for two decades. They are…
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Culture An Epistolary Glimpse Into Wartime Holland
How does one understand the incomprehensible human tragedy of the Holocaust? The answer: One story at a time. In “Hidden Letters” (Star Bright Books), Deborah Slier and Ian Shine have edited a treasure trove of letters that Philip “Flip” Slier, a Dutch Jew, wrote during 1942 at the Dutch forced labor camp Molengoot. The translations…
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Culture Virtual Tzedakah Box Collects Real Dollars
For decades, Jews have dropped loose change in those tzedakah boxes found on countertops in Jewish stores and in Hebrew schools. Now, one person is modernizing this charitable act for the 21st century. Ben Vorspan, founder of Inspired Multimedia, launched MyJewishPortal.com three weeks ago as a community Web site that connects synagogues, organizations and individuals….
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