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Levinson-Krupp Library
Levinson-Krupp Library
This library was dedicated 50 years ago to the memory of Rebecca Lewin Levinson and Brannette Mayer Krupp by Justice and Mrs. Bernard Levinson. Over the years the library fell into disrepair, but starting in 2005 was redesigned… Continue reading
From the Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center Weekly Reader
From Lorna Holmes
January 2022
A Poet’s Paintings: Celia Dropkin (1887–1956) is a poet known for the boldness and honesty of her poetic imagery. Rather softer are the images Dropkin created with her paintbrush.… Continue reading
Sof Book Club News
2021: Book Club Year in Review
News from Carolann Biederman
What we read in 2021: Here is a table of what the SOF Book Club read in 2021. If you’d like to help choose what we’ll be reading in 2022,… Continue reading
Sof History from Mat Sgan – Torah and Taro & Honey and Poi
Torah and Taro
Praise for Torah and Taro
February 10, 2021
Professor Edwin Yamauchi (B.A. UHM; M.A. and Ph.D. Brandeis University) Professor of Emeritus of History at Miami University of Ohio writes:
“I received and read Torah and Taro: Jewish… Continue reading
Books By Sof’ers
American Pastimes
A New Book by S.P. Goldstein
Sof Communications chair Sid Goldstein has just published a new book of baseball-themed short stories entitled American Pastimes. Here is the publisher’s press release that accompanied the launch of the book.… Continue reading
Sof Book Reviews
The Song of the Jade Lily: A Book Review
March 27, 2020
By Sid Goldstein
The novel, The Song of the Jade Lily, by Kirsty Manning deals with the little-known subject of the lives of Jewish refugees in Shanghai China… Continue reading
- I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond after?Rabbi Joshua Ladon: Security measures in the wake of the Texas hostage crisis threaten a Jewish ethic of welcoming the stranger. -- The post I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond after? appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- Top US security officials to US Jews: Colleyville was a ‘terrorist attack on Jewish community’A White House seminar is designed in part to reassure Jews that they could attend services this Shabbat. -- The post Top US security officials to US Jews: Colleyville was a ‘terrorist attack on Jewish community’ appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.