The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a new forever stamp featuring the image of U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The stamps cost 66 cents each or $13.20 for a sheet of 20. The stamp’s oil-painting portrait is based on a photograph captured by Philip Bermingham, a well-known portrait photographer. Bermingham had long anticipated the session, but in the early going of the shoot, things didn’t seem to be working out. Finally, he decided [...]
The Nobel Assembly has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines during the pandemic that began in early 2020. “Through their groundbreaking findings, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during of [...]
Shul member Francis DuBois was the guest speaker at the North Fork Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the historic Jamesport Meeting House. His topic was “Varian Fry: A Forgotten Hero.” Varian Fry was an American journalist who ran a rescue network that helped thousands of Jewish refugees escape Nazi Germany. Francis DuBois enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the United Nations, serving in the Middle East with the rank of Ambassador.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, is in line to become Mexico’s dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate in the June 2024 election. If elected, Sheinbaum, who is Jewish, would be the country’s first female president. Sheinbaum is a close ally of the popular López Obrador, the country’s current president, who is barred by Mexico’s constitution from running for a second six-year term. As the Morena party’s candidate, she will enjoy a distinct advantage [...]
Jewish worshippers in the Old City of Jerusalem pray during Hoshana Rabba and the weeklong festival of Sukkot. The holiday commemorates the Israelites 40 years of wandering in the desert. AP Photo
The Codex Sassoon, the millennium-old manuscript received a warm welcome when it arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. It is expected to make its permanent residence at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. Yehonastan Bnay photo
Hundreds of demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gathered in the U.S. Capitol’s Cannon House Office Building rotunda on Oct. 18. The group was primarily organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. Jack Jenkins photo
The shul’s Book Circle group will continue to explore Alina Adams’ novel, My Mother’s Secret: A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region, as its November selection, to be discussed on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. (note new time) on the shul’s Zoom. The author will join the group at the meeting. For this novel, the author has drawn on her own experience as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR, as she provides readers [...]
Once again, our shul has responded with enthusiasm to a call for charity, this time a campaign called “Cans For CAST.” We asked all those joining us for Yom Kippur services to bring a can or other nonperishable item, and to deposit the food in the big red barrel stationed at the ramp entry door. And people did, filling the barrel and making it a back-breaker for CAST volunteers to drag it away. The “Cans [...]
Many people choose to join our shul after the High Holidays. As an incentive to join now, the shul is making the following offer: Any individual or family joining between now and the end of the year will pay the new rate — $1,000 for families; $650 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, and will be paid-up members through 2024. In other words, pay dues for 12 months and get up to [...]
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