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Posted by Peaceable Pilgrim in People on 22. Aug, 2010 | No Comments

The Weekend Roll-out

So it’s Sunday night and here I am, winding down from a busy weekend and getting ready to settle in to my first real week of classes. The past week and a half I only taught 3 classes total, so now that number jumps to more than 20 a week starting tomorrow. It should be quite the challenge, but I feel ready to meet it.
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Posted by Lisa in Israel on 20. Aug, 2010 | No Comments

Best of the Web: IDF Tribute

Watch this powerful tribute to Israel Defense Forces soldiers to the music of “Tnu Ligdol Besheket” (“Let Us Grow Up in Peace & Quiet”) by Shlomi Shabat.
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Posted by Iris in Musings, People on 13. Aug, 2010 | No Comments

Jews in the News: Celebrity Scoop: Dinner for Schmucks, Sara Gilbert

A Not Polite Title. “Dinner for Schmucks” tells the story of Tim a nice guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and a big promotion is finding the perfect
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Posted by Lisa in Arts & Culture, People on 01. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment

A Little Small Talk: Carin Davis

Carin Davis, author of “Life, Love, Lox: Real-world advice for the modern Jewish girl” covers all the bases, discussing dating, cooking, community involvement, and kosher kissing,
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Posted by Iris in Arts & Culture, People on 20. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment

Jews in the News: Celebrity Scoop: Joan Rivers, Inception and Andrew Garfield

Jews in the News:Celebrity Scoop: Joan Rivers, Inception and Andrew Garfield
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Sep

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Time to Dust Off the Mathis Record

Posted by Iris in Arts & Culture, Music, People

Remember Johnny Mathis? I certainly do. Just thinking about his renditions of the “Twelfth of Never,” “The Look of Love,” and “A Certain Smile” gets me jazzed up. Drive-in Movies. Parties with the lights turned very low.

Sep

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/09/small-talk-jeffrey-zaslow/

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Little Small Talk with Jeffrey Zaslow

Posted by Iris in Musings, People

Author and Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow shares what he learned female friendships from writing New York Times best-seller “The Girls From Ames.” He is also the co-author of three best-selling books, including “The Last Lecture.”

Aug

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/08/web-chinese-bamboo-lesson-patience/

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Best of the Web: Chinese bamboo is a lesson In patience

Posted by Lisa in Israel, Music

An inspirational Jewish New Year greeting of inspiration

Aug

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/08/food-forays-friends-fun/

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Food, Forays, Friends and Fun

Posted by Peaceable Pilgrim in Musings, People, Travel

Hello ladies and gentleman, Peaceable Pilgrim here with another installment of my journeys in South Korea. What a week it’s been!

Aug

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/08/preserving-lifes-bloom-staying-touch/

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Preserving Life’s Bloom: Staying in Touch

Posted by Iris in Kids & Family, Musings, People, Tampa

On Saturday I read a front-page article in the New York Times by feature writer Manny Fernandez, who staked-out a phone booth on a busy block in a New York borough, across the street from the Queens Criminal Court. He observed who used the public pay phone and then asked

Aug

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/08/tampa-jewish-community-schools-win-500k/

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You Can Help Two Tampa Jewish Community Schools Win $500K

Posted by Loni in Local, Tampa

Two Tampa Jewish community schools – Hebrew Academy of Tampa Bay and Hillel School of Tampa – are participating in the exclusive Facebook promotion. This contest is open to operating public schools, grades K thru 12, in the United States.

Aug

http://mypeopleknow.com/2010/08/congregation-beth-shalom-brandon/

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Congregation Beth Shalom of Brandon

Posted by Lisa in Local, Tampa

CBS is a warm, caring and inclusive Reform community providing opportunities for worship, deeds of love and kindness and

Aug

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Shabbat Tampa

Posted by Lisa in Kids & Family, Local, Tampa

As a joint effort of the Tampa Jewish Federation, the Tampa Rabbinical Association and the Jewish congregations of Greater Tampa, Shabbat Tampa 2010 will be held on Friday evening, August 27 at 6:30 PM

Aug

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Joke of the Week

Posted by Loni in Humor

Bill Gates advertised for a new chairman of Microsoft Europe.

5000 candidates show up at the job screening.

They are assembled in a large room. Among them is Maurice Cohen, a French Jew, a small, bearded, bespectacled man. Bill Gates thanks the candidates for coming but asks

Aug