OOOOOOOOO (45) is a novelist and short-story writer. Her novels Man Walks Into a Room (2002), Quote: ” As a development partner with Eviation, Cape Air is working on airworthiness certification from the FAA to start operating Alice. That campaign is set to begin in 2020 with a flight-test program in Arizona expected to…
Although Jews have lived on the island nation of Cuba for centuries, their numbers today are greatly diminished largely due to emigration. In 2007, it was estimated that there were approximately 1,500 Cuban Jews, the vast majority in Havana. Since then, hundreds of those reportedly have left for Israel. To learn more about this Caribbean…
Yosef Abramowitz (b. 1964) is a pioneering developer of solar power in Israel. Named by CNN as one of the top six Green Pioneers worldwide, Yosef Abramowitz served as President of the Arava Power Company and is now focused on serving as CEO and President of Energiya Global, which builds solar fields in Africa and…
Sylvan Adams (b. Nov.1, 1958) is a billionaire businessman and philanthropist who left Canada in 2015 and made Aliyah to Israel. He is co-owner of the Israeli cycling team Team Israel Start-Up Nation, which competed in the recent 2020 Tour de France. Adams is Israel’s “self-appointed ambassador-at-large.” In Canada, he was a national and world…
In late September, The Jerusalem Post published a report by Linda Applebaum — titled “Will the coronavirus pandemic make synagogues obsolete?” — about how numerous (non-Haredi) observant Jews in Israel are adapting to the current situation in creative and positive ways. These efforts are enabling Jews to continue praying together while minimizing the risk to…
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is a nonprofit international development and human rights organization that supports community-based groups in 19 countries in the developing world. AJWS also works to influence U.S. international policies and funding in relation to human rights, global health, and poverty. Robert Bank (pictured) is president and CEO of AJWS. Quote:…
In 2014, Democrat Elizabeth “Libby” Schaaf (54) won her first term as mayor of Oakland with 62.79% of the vote. She was reelected in 2018 with 27% more votes than her opponent. Prior to entering politics, Shaaf was an attorney in Oakland – where she was born and raised – and program director for the…
Dave Aronberg (49) is the Democratic State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida and a former member of the Florida Senate. He was elected to the state Senate in 2002 as its youngest member and served there for eight years. Previously, Aronberg worked as a lawyer in both the public and private sectors. In 2012,…
Dan Gelber (60), the mayor of Miami Beach, Fla., is definitely a “chip off the ol’ block.” Pictured is Gelber being sworn in to his mayoral position by his father, 98-year-old Seymour Gelber, who once served in the same position. The younger Gelber, a Democrat, has been at loggerheads with Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis,…
Angela Warnick Buchdahl is the chief rabbi of New York City’s Central Synagogue, a large and prominent Reform congregation. In the powerful and highly personal sermon linked below…
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