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his Orthodox grandfather but had
no interest in Judaism himself.
Instead, Hess dedicated himself to
socialism. Yet Hess surprised many
when he wrote a book advocating
a Jewish state (socialist, of course)
in Palestine. He was nicknamed
"the Communist rabbi."

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father was murdered in a holdup
and his mother had a nervous
breakdown.)

90) Philosopher Simone Weil
(1909-1943) chose to end her
own life by starving to death.

91) Though additions are made
m.lible to time (such as the
pray& for the State of Israel), the
Siddur we still use (and on which
all successors are based) was writ-
ten in about 860 CE.

,:figrims got their idea for
ring meal after reading
about Sukkot.

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84) Murray Gell-Man is responsi-
ble for naming the quark,"which
physicists believe is the primary
unit of matter. Gell-Man took the
word from James Joyce's
Finnegan's Wake.

85) The founder of the German
Communist-Party was Rosa Luxem-
burg (1..87:1 -1 91 9), a close friend
of Lenin.

86) Esther

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1960s activist Jerry Rubin
ar mitzvah because his
parents insisted, to please Jerry's
observant grandfather. Yet the bar-
mitzvah boy didn't know a single
word of Hebrew.

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Hall of Famer and
ar II hero Barney Ross
grew up in an orphanage (his

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nukah was first celebrated
CE.

95)
Wyler, director of
many gte4.American classic films,
includin c ‘ The Best Years of Our
Lives, Ben-Hur and Funny Girl, was
born in France.

Torah has seven different
eipf:the word "lion."

f the mystical beasts in
e end is the Ziz-Saddai,
tote the king of birds. It sup-
posedly is 500 miles tall and has
wings so large that when spread
out, they darken the skies. The Ziz
is a singing bird, which makes
beautiful music each day praising
God.

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Ed University was Soia
entschikoff. She was later dean
of the University of Miami Law
School.

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