Praise for soccer star Leo Messi in new album of Yiddish songs for kids
Songwriter Jordan Wax’s previous album had heavier subject matter but here he shows that Yiddish culture can be silly, too
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The New Mexico town famous for UFOs once had a thriving congregation. Today, only a few Jews remain, praying in a desert with more scorpions than synagogue seats
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Fast Forward A New Mexico home architect is selling ‘The Anne,’ a floor plan named ‘in honor of’ Anne Frank
The floor plan “would be suitable for Anne herself,” Abrazo Homes claimed
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Fast Forward New Mexico’s cash-strapped, lawsuit-plagued Jewish federation announces dissolution
"We are almost out of money," the federation's newly elected president announced. "We have no employees. Critical insurance has been canceled. We cannot fulfill the purposes for which the organization was founded."
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News They were forced to sell their beloved synagogue. 7 decades later, they finally have a chance to buy it back
The Montefiore Synagogue in New Mexico may be on the brink of being returned to the city’s small but thriving Jewish community.
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Culture When Pancho Villa attacked the U.S. in 1916, he was after the head of this Jewish merchant
When Pancho Villa and his troops raided Columbus, New Mexico in 1916—one of the only times in the 20th century that a foreign army ever invaded the continental United States— the famous Mexican revolutionary had only one goal: to bring back the head of a Lithuanian-born Jewish merchant named Sam Ravel. Villa’s men ransacked the…
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Fast Forward Former Spy Accused Of Anti-Semitism Eyeing Senate Run
Former CIA spy Valerie Plame Wilson is considering a run for the United States Senate in New Mexico, the Washington Examiner reported Friday. One early obstacle for Plame Wilson, should she choose to run, is an anti-Semitism controversy: She was criticized in September 2017 for tweeting links to anti-Semitic articles, including a column titled “American…
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Fast Forward New Mexico School Shooter Was Obsessed With Killing Jews
William Atchinson, a 21-year-old gas station attendant, entered Aztec High School in northern New Mexico on December 7 disguised as a student. He embarked on a shooting spree which killed two students and injured several others, before killing himself. Atchinson did not give a reason for his actions, but it was later revealed that had…
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