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And Just At Deadline, These Briefs…
- The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian has added a picture of Rabbi Sally Priesand, who became the first female rabbi in the United States when she was ordained in 1972. Her portrait will hang alongside portraits of Beyoncé and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Swastika Lake to be renamed: The lake, located in a national forest in Wyoming, was named early in the 20th century, before the Nazi Party appropriated the symbol. But Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots and the philanthropist behind the StopAntisemitism campaign, noted in his appeal to change the name that “it has unfortunately become synonymous with one of the greatest atrocities in human history.” A county commissioner had wanted to keep the name as a “teaching opportunity,” but was overruled in a 2-1 vote to rename the lake in honor of Samuel Knight, a professor and dinosaur enthusiast who was known as Mr. Geology of Wyoming.
Tifereth Israel Greenport2023-07-06T15:47:17-04:00
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