Fact-A-Day
David Klein Gallery
presents
times. Today, howev-
er, each movement of
Judaism recognizes
the importance not
only of a Jewish boy
becoming an adult,
but of a girl, as well.
Modernism
in America
Paintings and WorkS on paper from 1914 to 1950
Anthony Angarola
Ernest Fiene
Louis Lozowick
Henry Billings
David Fredenthal
Alfred Maurer
Charles Burchfield
Aaron Henry Gorson
Zoltan Sepeshy
Minna Citron
Samuel Halpert
Ben Shahn
Konrad Cramer
Walt Kuhn
Abraham Walkowitz
Stuart Davis
Edmund Lewandowski
William Zorach
March 3 — April 21, 2001
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Exodus 20:8 we
are directed to
"Remember the
Sabbath."
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#9) The first Hillel
foundation was creat-
ed in 1 924 —
A 3-year-old-boy about to have his first haircut on
Lag b'Omer.
thanks to a gentile.
Edward Chanueey
1 #5) On Friday night, Jewish families
Baldwin
was
a
professor
at the Uni-
light two candles for Shabbat. The
versity
of
Illinois
who
recommended
to
reason we light two has to do with
his friend, rabbinical student Benjamin
different references to Shabbat in the
Frankel, that he encourage Bind B'rith
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#10) Only two of
the patterns for blow-
ing the shofar are
mentioned in the
Torah (in Numbers
#6) The second
10:5-8) — the tekiah
month on the Jew-
(the long blast) and
ish calendar is
the
teruah (wavering
lyar, when we
sounds). So how is it
observe Lag
that we come to hear
b'Omer and Israel
three different shofar
Independence
blasts on Rosh
Day. (This year,
Hashanah? For many
lyar will begin on
The shofar is blown at
years,
there was a
April 24).
. Rosh Hashanah.
great deal of debate
about exactly how
I #7) Father-and-son
1
the
tekiah
and
the
teruah really sound-
duo Max Stern (1898-1982) and
Leonard Stern (1938- ) knew it was a : ed. Finally, the rabbis reached a corn-
dog-eat-dog world out there, and they : promise, agreeing that the tekiah was
to be a single blast, the teruah would
decided to enjoy every moment of it.
be nine, quick blasts, and in-between
The pair are the men behind the Hartz
would come the shevarim, comprising
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#8) The first bat mitz-
vah ceremony was in
1922 and was intro-
duced by the Recon-
structionist movement.
While bar mitzvah cer-
emonies date back as
far as the 14th centu-
ry, the concept of
marking a Jewish girl%
coming of age, at 12,
was radical for the
Pet food?
#11) Actor Tony Curtis (born Bernard
Schwartz) had a
big 32-second
appearance in his
first film, Criss
Cross, made in
1948 and starring
Yvonne De Carlo.
In this memorable
B-movie (though
could it begin to
compare in depth
to Curtis' profound