Chaya Ann Tober is a fourth grader growing up in New York City. Her initials, C.A.T., seem almost destined for her because Chaya is fascinated by cats. She loves her family’s cat, Ollie, and spends time wondering what cats do when people are not around. [Cailin Acosta]
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The Golden Deceiver claims he is a Golden Retriever, but he behaves like a rabid pit bull. He instituted a deportation program for dog breeds which didn’t originate in Europe and the United States. Chihuahuas, Afghan Hounds, Pekingese, among other breeds, live in terror of being picked up by roving dog catchers. Although he claims they will be relocated to their homelands, there are rumors that they get sent to countries where the humans eat dogs. [Elona Baron/ Laurie Baron]
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R.L. Stine (October 8, 1943) is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series for children which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling book series in history. The series spawned a media franchise including two television series, a video game series, a comic series, and two feature films. [Wikipedia]
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I sometimes wonder what might have happened if Cain had simply paused at the door. What if, rather than immediately following the impulse his jealousy created, he had been able to ask himself: What am I feeling right now? What story am I telling myself about what happened? What is this feeling asking me to do? And, perhaps most importantly, is that the person I want to be? [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D,]
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” … On Oct. 7, Hamas-led attackers murdered civilians, committed sexual violence, mutilated bodies and took hostages. You are weaponizing a day meant for mourning the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust to recycle your usual antizionist talking points. … (SDJW staff roundup)
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“Three years after Hamas’s October 7 massacre against Israel, we remember those who were murdered and stand with the survivors and people of Israel who will forever carry with them the indelible scars of that day…” (SDJW roundup)
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Three years after the October 7 massacre, the final victim killed in the attack at Moshav Yakhini has been brought to rest after his family opened a bedroom that had remained locked since the morning he was murdered. (Press Release)
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Our Torah already knows this voice. “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt… you shall not forget.” Amalek did not meet an army. Amalek struck the weary and the stragglers, the ones at the back who could not keep up. The commandment that follows is not “feel strongly.” It is remember, and because you remember, do not let the name of that attack be washed clean. [Rabbis Samuel and Rosenberg)
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Then, the very next day, it became a nightmare for Jewish students right here on campus. At Hillel of San Diego, we stopped all other programming and prioritized student well-being and Israel education and connection. We mourned together. We rallied together. We experienced hate again and again – from classmates, former friends, professors, staff – and it really felt at times like we were alone. (Karen Parry)
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Zelman Cowen (October 7, 1919 – December 8, 2011) was an Australian legal scholar and university administrator who served as the 19th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1977 to 1982. [Wikipedia]
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Tomorrow is October 7th. A day that will never be the same for the Jews of the World. We all remember where we were when we heard about the Hamas attacks. We continue to feel the loss of those taken from us on that horrible day and the days after. [Cailin Acosta]
Tomorrow is October 7th. A day that will never be the same for the Jews of the World. We all remember where we were when we heard about the Hamas attacks. We continue to feel the loss of those taken from us on that horrible day and the days after. (Cailin Acosta)
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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAUnited Kingdom Counter Terrorism Policing arrested a seventh man, a 22-year-old British national, on Tuesday in connection with a plot against RAF Fairford from which American bombers flew sorties against Iran earlier this year. (SDJW staff report)
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There are moments when history gives you no time to deliberate. You either run toward the danger—or away from it. Yaniv Hayoun, a plumber, ran toward it. (Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg)
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Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His compositions include “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”. [Wikipedia]
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