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From the blog of Joseph C. Kaplan at Jewish Standard

The Yavneh graduating class of 2021 presented yet another captivating Holocaust production, the 44th since they were introduced by former Principal Rabbi Eugene Kwalwasser in 1977. The online presentation was aired on Tuesday evening, June 1. Entitled “Kindertransport,” the program explored the stories of four child survivors who were sent away by their parents to a safe haven in London before the outbreak of World War II. For the past 20 years, Rabbi Shmuel Burstein, rebbe and Jewish history instructor at Yavneh, has researched and produced a presentation honoring individual survivors of ...

Topekan Lincoln Gibson won the 2021 American Legion Department of Kansas 1st District Oratorical Contest and is heading to state.  Gibson, a home-schooled senior, grabbed the top spot with his speech called "U.S Constitution: Who." Contestants gave one prepared oration and one randomly assigned oration on a constitutional topic.   He won $300 for first place with Jonathan Knapp, a sophomore at Aletheia Academy in Seneca, winning $200 for a second-place finish in the American Legion Department of Kansas' 1st District, which is comprised of Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, ...

This is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. developing now in seattle, the start of the school year for the seattle public school district is delayed once again for the fourth day as a strike by teachers enters its second week. negotiations between the seattle education association and the school board went on through the weekend but no final solution was reached. in a statement, seattle public schools said, "schools will be closed until further notice as we continue negotiations with s.e.a. at this point seattle public schools is not seeking to resolve this is...

kim davis was then released. >> reporter: kim davis says she is issuing these licenses as long as they do not contain her name and title. at the same time she's saying that the licenses were invalid. that goes again what county officials said, that they are valid. does this satisfy the judge's order. when he release her last week, he said she could not interfere with her deputy clerks as to when she would issue these licenses. many of her supporters have gathered here at the rowan county courthouse behind her and support her decision to not offer these licenses. >> developing right n...