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Smile Pinki and the Great Movie Giveaways

Thelma Adams | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: India, Documentary, The Academy Awards, Brian Mullaney, The Smile Train, Smile Pinki, Cleft-Palate, Bar Mitzvah, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

If someone makes a brilliant Oscar-winning short and no one watches it -- does it have any impact? When the movie has potential for changing the lives of children around the globe, that's just not good enough.

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Why I Failed As an Atheist

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Holocaust, Bible, Intolerance, Atheism, Anne Frank, Hebrew School, Judaism, The Diary of Anne Frank, Religion, Synagogue, God, Agnostic, Jesus Christ, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Torah, Dogma, Secular, Religious Intolerance, Atheists, Secular Identity, Religious Dogma, Agnosticism, Bar Mitzvah, Rabbi, Spirituality, Living News
Lauren Cahn

I tried to believe in nothing. And I failed.

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Obama makes Multi-Racial Americans more Accepted

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nisei Generation, Hawaii, Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama, Purple Heart Batallion, Asian, Ethnicity, The Audacity of Hope, Multiracial, Multicultural, American, Kimono, Melting Pot, Race, Chuppah, Oy Veh, African-American, Bar Mitzvah, Shikseh, University High School, Japanese-Jew, Latino, Karma, Hwaii, Punahoe High School, 442nd Infantry, The Golden Gate Bridge, Woddy Allen, Knish, Hispanic American, Japanese-American, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...

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Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Nisei Generation, Second World War, Bar Mitzvah, The Audacity of Hope, Woody Allen, Multicultural, Kimono, Culture, Russian- Jewish, Neurotic, Shikseh Princess, Latino, Democratic Convention, The Purple Heart Batallion, Internment Camps, Asian, Multiracial, Melting Pot, Oy Veh, Barack Obama, Jewish Soul, Nisht Geferlech, Martin Luther King, University High School, Inclusion, Japanese Jew, Interfaith, Identity, Punahoe High School, Buddhism, 442nd Infantry, Japanese-Jewish Woman, Knish, Japanese-Hawaiian, Chuppah, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

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Bill Cosby's "Bar Mitzvah" in Cleveland

Joel Brokaw | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: African American History, Cleveland, Bill Cosby, Alan Schwartz, Bar Mitzvah, Inner City Schools, Schools, Living News
Joel Brokaw

I told Mr.Cosby I needed to attend the Bar Mitzvah of my best friend's son. "That's quite fitting that you'll be doing that at the same time as I'm speaking," he told me with a heartfelt intensity. "Because I'm going to Cleveland for the very same purpose."

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License to Party

Liz Neumark | Posted 12.21.2008 | Style

Read More: Cooking Recipes, Menus, Brooklyn, Thanksgiving, Comfort Food, Financial Crisis, Needy New Yorkers, Thanksgiving Recipes, Bar Mitzvah, New York City, Helping the Poor, Style News
Liz Neumark

The food service industry supports a very broad range of employees, creating jobs for thousands of workers. And there's noo bail out for the hospitality industry.

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