World Cup 2022: Qatar Wins

Qatar was selected as host of the 2022 World Cup, beating out a bid by the United States to bring soccer's showcase back to America for the first time since 1994.FIFA's executive committee choose Qatar over the U.S., Australia, Japan and South Korea in a secret vote Thursday Read m...

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Sons of Anarchy' Season 3 Finale Recap

The current season of 'Sons of Anarchy' has gotten me thinking about secrets and lies.When are secrets the characters are carrying effective tension-builders? When is it good for the audience to know something that the characters don't and vice versa? The show's extra-long season finale caused me to ponder these topics once again. Overall, there was a propulsive sense of forward movement in the episode, and some excellent character moments as well. However there was a twist at the end of the episode,...

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World Aids Day 2010

Today is World Aids Day, the international annual movement to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and promote prevention and the search for a cure. Since 1987, December 1st has marked World Aids Day and the President of the Unites States has made a proclamation on this day since 1995. In honor of the effort to raise awareness, we've gathered a list of the best books about HIV/AIDS. Here are 7 books about the history and impact of the disease on the world. Read m...

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Happy Hannukah 2010

Happy Hannukah 2010! As we await the start of Hanukah at sundown tonight, are you looking for something to keep the kids occupied? Here’s five videos that they’ll love, ranging from fun (Disney World’s Animal Kingdom “Dreidel Song” performance) to absurd (a Hannukah Snuggie ad) to the sweet (or annoying, depending on your opinion of “Sesame Street’s” Elmo). Read m...

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Wallis Simpson: See Her £4.5million Bracelet And Other Jewelry

King Edward VIII abdicated the throne and was expelled from his family for marrying American commoner Wallis Simpson, but she clearly never gave up her taste for the finer things in life. That became evident at the auction of her jewelry by Sotheby’s in London yesterday, where the panther bracelet pictured went for a stunning £4.5million. Madonna was rumored to be interested in it – did the mom of three buy it? Read M...

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Insight for Change

Hanukkah: “Holiday traditions vary greatly throughout the world based on religion and culture. The Jewish people celebrate a most significant holiday during the holiday season-Hanukkah. The traditions and decorations that belong to Hanukkah are highly symbolic. Hanukkah tradition states that the celebration is to begin every year on the 25th of the Hebrew month Kislev. This year it begins on Sunset December 1st to Sunset December 9th. The tradition of Hanukkah commemorates the Jews' victory over...

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Edison To Light Township Menorah

Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, the Edison Municipal Council, and the Edison Recreation Department will be joined by community, family and friends at Edison’s Annual Festival of Lights Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. This holiday event is once again being staged inside the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. As in past years, the history and origin of Chanukah will be told while specially invited guests light the Township Menorah. The entire community is...

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JCC Annual High Holidays Briefing 2010

Ahead of the Jewish High holiday observance. Members of the city's synagogues, Jewish community cultural centers, civic leaders and NYPD personnel Gathered in Williamsburg for a security report and threat assessment meeting covering the security of places of worship,It was led by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Glantz Read M...

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Cotton Bowl out

Scratch the Cotton Bowl off your list of potential bowl games (should Nebraska lose Saturday).Texas A&M has officially accepted an invitation to the Jan. 7 game in Dallas, which will feature a team from the SEC> “We couldn’t be more thrilled to have the Aggies back in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic,” Cotton Bowl chairman Tommy Bain said. “Texas A&M has had a remarkable season and they deserve to be rewarded for their tremendous efforts." If Nebraska doesn't automatically qualify for...

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U.S. Army starts using game-changing XM25 smart bullet rifle

The U.S. Army has started shipping smart bullet rifles to Afghanistan this month, and the smart aspect of the $35,000 gun should give U.S. troops an edge against any hidden enemy.The reason the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System is classed as a smart weapon is due to the control the rifleman has over the bullets it fires. Rather than just aiming and shooting, a distance option is given before the bullet will explode. So if you have a sniper hiding behind some rocks, aim just above him...

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Bakersfield College and Clinica Sierra Vista Team Up to Keep Students Healthy

Staying healthy is an essential part of keeping a student’s college education moving forward. With the goal of overall student health in mind, Bakersfield College and Clinica Sierra Vista (CSV) have formed a partnership to provide health services to students on the College’s Panorama Campus in northeast Bakersfield.The College and Clinica Sierra Vista have already had an existing partnership serving students at the College’s Delano Campus for several years. “We want our students to stay healthy...

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Chanukah 2010 | Events In The Metroplex

Wednesday, December 1 Giant Menorah Lighting at the Galleria 5 p.m. Giant menorah lighting presented by Chabad of Dallas. Hear the Akiba Academy Choir and enjoy Chanukah refreshments. Gelt and prizes for the kids! Info: 972-818-0770 First Level near Guest Reception Center Galleria Dallas Read M...

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Doughnuts to Celebrate Chanukah

Today is the first night of Chanukah.  When I was growing up, Chanukah meant potato latkes with sour cream and applesauce.  My mother would make them and then complain for days about the smell of oil from frying which lingered in the house for days. My mother has an incredible sense of smell.  In our family, we joke that she can smell foul odours a day before they actually occur.  My childhood memories are filled with her going from room to room, sniffing and muttering, “What’s...

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When is Hanukkah 2010?

Year     Hanukkah starts at sundown on...     Hanukkah ends on 2009      December 11                                   December 19 2010     December 1                                    ...

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Happy Hanukkah

Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Light, celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar, which can occur anytime between late November and late December. This year, it falls on December 1rst. The festival is celebrated for eight consecutive days and commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd Century BCE.GELT WRAPPERS: Give Hanukkah gelt -- the chocolate coins traditionally used by children for mock wagers -- a stylish...

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Blow Takes Helm At Gadsden State Community College – Gadsden Times

Blow, who retired in 2004 from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and acted as interim president of Alabama Southern Community College for one year, was offered the interim position at GSCC by Chancellor Freida Hill after former President W. Darryl Harrison resigned Oct. 26.Blow said Tuesday he’s looking forward to getting started in Gadsden this week. “I was excited to be offered the job, but I had to give it a little thought and shuffle some things around and see what could be rescheduled...

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When Does Hanukkah Start: Happy Hanukkah To Celebrities Celebrating Hanukkah 2010

We’d like to wish a very Happy Hanukkah to everyone who is celebrating Hanukkah 2010…including many celebrity parents! When does Hanukkah start?Hanukkah 2010 officially starts tonight at sundown. This is the earliest that the Hanukkah calendar has started in eight years. When Hanukkah 2010 , also know as Chanukah 2010, starts tonight, it kicks off the first of an eight-night Jewish Festival of Lights. The following celebrities will be celebrating Hanukkah 2010, so we’d like to send Happy Hanukkah...

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Notes on Hanukkah: The Maccabees and Zionism’s ‘invented traditions’

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, a Hebrew word meaning “to dedicate,” is a minor Jewish festival with no Biblical source.Hanukkah is a historical holiday that commemorates the Jewish defeat of the Seleucidite Syrian Greeks in 165 BCE by a priestly family called the Maccabees. These Maccabees sought to defeat not merely the Greek occupiers, but to defeat their Jewish acolytes, the so-called “Jewish Hellenizers.” Our rabbinic sources have not preserved any legitimate historical information for us....

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The Google Rosa Parks Logo

Google is remembering the historic day when Rosa Parks refused to listen to the bus driver when she was told to give up her seat for a white passenger. Today, 55 years ago, was that day in Montgomery, Alabama. Although she wasn’t the first to make such a statement, her action on that day initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks is well known as a African American civil rights activist and was called by the U.S. Congress “the first lady of civil rights”, and “the mother of the freedom movement”....

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Pat Manocchia interview

Celebrity trainer Pat Manocchia is a sensation in New York City’s fitness industry. For starters, one of his most famous clients was the Material Girl. “I trained Madonna for a long time, like eight years, nine years,” he tells Sun Media in an exclusive interview. “That was a long time ago, though.” Manocchia — a former collegiate hockey player with more than 20 years of personal training under his belt — also worked with Julia Roberts for a couple years in the 1990s. Then he became the Pretty Woman’s...

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