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Special Macabees Trounced
The Special Macabees faced off agains their rivals, The Special Olympics All Stars in their 14th annual basketball game.
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A Year in Hell
On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously stated in the case of Brown vs the Board of Education, Topeka, that facilities segregating white and black children were unequal and therefore violated the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The justices also ordered the states to integrate. How did…
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Whatever Happened to the Republican Party?
The first Republican president was Abraham Lincoln who served from 1861-1865. In 1860, the Republican platform called for the end of slavery in the United States and the preservation of the Union, amongst other declarations. One such proclamation encouraged immigration to America with full rights to all immigrant citizens.Another was issued on January 1, 1863…
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Experience American History Today
Dear Pop, I love American History, but I can’t motivate my children’s interest. They won’t watch the History Channel with me nor are they interested in the books I bring home for them to read. What can I do? History Buff Dear History Buff, When my daughters were growing up, I made it a…
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A True Chanukah Story: George Washington’s First Chanukah
Jews have lived in the United States since colonial times celebrating Chanukah along with their other holidays. In this article you’ll see how Chanukah has inspired one of America’s greatest leaders, General George Washington. On December 19, 1777 General Washington and his Continental Army arrived at Valley Forge. Many of the General’s…
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Trumpaganda: An Attack on American Democracy
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has launched a course examining President Trump’s impact on democracy and the media. The course, “Trumpaganda: The War on Facts, Press and Democracy,” is an eight week class highlighting Donald Trump’s effective propaganda machine. What is propaganda? According to Webster’s Dictionary, “propaganda is a deliberate spread of information,…
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The Heart of Aleppo- a YA Coming of Age Novel
About the Book Title: The Heart of Aleppo Author: Ammar Habib Genre: Young Adult / Coming of Age / Contemporary Page Count: 235 After standing for over 7,000 years, Aleppo’s ruin came overnight. Separated from his family during the night the rebels attacked the city, thirteen-year-old Zaid Kadir is lost in the middle of a…
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Special Basketball at the JCCA
The Westside Jewish Community Center on Olympic Blvd. in Los Angeles hosted its 12th annual basketball exhibition game Saturday evening March 3, 2018 between the Special Macabees and the Santa Monica West Side Special Olympics All-Stars. It was a rainy evening, but the excitement inside the JCCA was palpable. Athletes on both teams ranged in…
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Hard-of-Hearing Comic Chris Grafil
Chris Grafil, a graduate of DeVry University, Pomona and a field engineer at Retina Institute of California by day, has an interesting dream. He wants to be a funny man like George Carlin, Eddie Murphy, or Chris Tucker. Grafil says, “When I was a tween and teen I seemed to always make my friends laugh…
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Psychic Girl Communicates with Animals
Lost and Found by Sharon Ledwith is an excellent read for YA readers on several levels. It teaches kids about leadership and responsibility, and it sets a fine example for us humans to care better for the animals around us Whiskey, a fifteen-year-old calico cat, is the only link of communication between the cat floor…
