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Howard Blas

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Thinking, writing, reworking and rewiring in the likes of Rube Goldberg
Howard Blas20.11.2018
How do you do anything Rube Goldberg-style? A Philadelphia exhibit through January shows how. (Hint: make what seems simple quite complicated.)
American inventor Rube Goldberg. Credit: Official Rube Goldberg Facebook page.
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‘A Night of Heroes’: Celebrating Israel and the IDF at 70
Howard Blas23.10.2018
The stars of the evening hosted by the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces were the 30-plus IDF soldiers and officers with uniforms and berets representing various military branches and units.
FIDF national director and CEO Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir; Brig. Gen. Tal Kelman, head of the Strategic Division of the IDF Planning Directorate and former Chief of Staff in the Israeli Air Force (IAF); with Israeli soldiers at the 2018 FIDF National New York Gala Dinner on Oct. 17, 2018. Credit: Shahar Azran.
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No better gift: Organization makes strides in bone-marrow donation and research
Howard Blas12.10.2018
At a New York event to highlight the cause, the heroes of the evening were the donors and recipients. Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson were also honored with the Partners for Life Award, which recognized their decade-long commitment to Gift of Life’s mission.
Gift of Life Marrow registry donor Alex Weiss of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with recipient Idan Zablocki, 6, of New York City. Credit: David Nicholas Photography.
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Philanthropist Ron Lauder advocates a level playing field in soccer and sports in general
Howard Blas27.09.2018
Working with Chelsea Football Club and others, an ambitious new initiative called “Red Card for Hate” aims to promote a global dialogue to combat all forms of animosity and bias in sports.
From left: WJC President Ronald S. Lauder, director for Chelsea Football Club Eugene Tenenbaum and WJC CEO Robert Singer. Credit: Photo by Shahar Azran/World Jewish Congress.
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High Holidays 2018
Rabbi works to make Jewish life more accessible for deaf community
Howard Blas23.09.2018
The whole point of services—the experience—is so that a deaf person doesn’t feel like he or she is catching up or totally lost in prayer.”
Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff, executive director of the Jewish Deaf Foundation (JDF) and director of Chabad of the Deaf Community in Israel, working with a student. Courtesy.
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The worldwide work of saving cemeteries and honoring the Jewish dead
Howard Blas18.06.2018
The ESJF was founded in 2015 to protect Jewish burial sites in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in places where Jewish communities were wiped out during the Holocaust. So far, it has placed fences around 102 Jewish cemeteries in six European countries and conducted mass field surveys of sites.
The Jewish cemetery in Kremenets, Ukraine, one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the country that was restored and preserved by the ESJF. Credit: Coutesy of ESJF.
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Play ball! In Israel! With some hard-hitting American Jews
Howard Blas31.05.2018
A new film, “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel” introduces the players, the crowds and relives the story of Team Israel’s dramatic, if not miraculous, run in the World Baseball Classic.
Team Israel wearing their kippot during the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah” before the ball game against Great Britain on Sept. 22, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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