10 | DECEMBER 31 • 2020
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Yiddish Limerick
Happy New Year
Dos is nisht Rosh HaShana, men ruft dos New Year
A naye beginning far alle in here.
A yontef far Yidn and also the rest
Hobn tzvay naye yorn is really the best.
Lomir trinken a L
’Chaim mit a glazl of beer.
Dos is nisht - This is not
men ruft dos - it is called
A naye - a new
far alle- for everyone
A yontef far Yidn - A holiday for Jews
Hobn tzvay naye yorn- to have two New Years
Lomir trinken - let us drink
L
’Chaim mit a glazl - with a little glass
By Rachel Kapen
as if people don’t want to
talk about death. When
my mom died we took our
children to the funeral
home so they would learn
about what was going to
happen.
I also know that many
times I’m not able to go
to the cemetery, and with
shivah now going from 7
days to maybe 1 or 3, it
actually becomes difficult
to see the mourners. Or
people from other states
leaving prior to shivah.
In this modern world,
it seems we take less time
to actually mourn with the
community. Given that, I’m
glad the funeral homes are
looking for ways for people
to comfort the mourners,
even if non-traditional.
- Linda Levine Blumstein
Facebook comment
‘Dismantling
Antisemitism’
Panel
IfNotNow, and the
movement of young Jews
it represents, believes that
fighting antisemitism
and keeping our people
safe requires partnering
across communities and
embedding our struggle
within the broader
movement for social justice.
As such, the panel
discussion’s focus on
how we can dismantle
antisemitism in practice
was highly successful
(Dec. 24, pg. 10). By
sharing perspectives across
different movements
and communities, the
conversation built solidarity
and fostered mutual
understanding. Insofar as
our struggles are linked,
that solidarity will be
essential if we hope to
dismantle antisemitism in
our lifetime.
- IfNotNow Detroit
Statement provided to JN
Zion and Jew are identical.
Israel is the original
homeland of the Jewish
people as Italy is that of
Italian Americans. Boycott
Serbia? Divest from
Ethiopia? Sanction Sri
Lanka? That’s antisemitism
and only the left has trouble
defining [it]!
- Joseph Zaffern
Website comment
New WSU Press
Director
I think the happiest
university press news this
year is Wayne State going
from awful turmoil back
in February to a great new
director (Dec. 24, pg. 18)
and lots of vocal support.
- Derek Krissoff
Director
West Virginia University Press
Via Twitter
Awesome to see the Jewish
News covering WSU Press
— an important Jewish
studies publisher — and its
director, Stephanie Williams.
Rafael Chaiken
Director, Central Conference of
American Rabbis Press
Via Twitter
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