…Now’s the perfect time to look back on this tale of the 2008 games in China
. . . Below the Line in Bejing
Author: Tamar Schwartz
On Isaac Bashevis Singer’s 30th yortsayt, hear his speech about Yiddish
NASA’s InSight Lander Gives First Look at Mars Interior, Yielding a Big Surprise
Click Here to Read: NASA’s InSight Lander Gives First Look at Mars Interior, Yielding a Big Surprise: Analysis of marsquakes detected by space agency reveals a planet with a large molten region and inner structures markedly different from Earth’s By Robert Lee Hotz and Merrill Sherman on the Wall Street Journal website on July 22, 2021 . |
This artist’s concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Uncovering My Confederate Roots
Click Here to Read: Uncovering My Confederate Roots: Learning the truth about my great-great-grandfather made me commit to writing about African American history and battling racism by Amy Cohen on the Tablet website on July 27, 2021. Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers at Hebrew Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Image: Bohemian Baltimore. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Tough Jews, Las Vegas, and the Legacy of Meyer Lansky
Click Here to Read: Tough Jews, Las Vegas, and the Legacy of Meyer Lansky: He left a disturbing legacy of inexcusable violence, but endures as a humanized figure of intense fascination for the American public by Larry Greenfield on the Jewish Journal website. Meyer Lansky in 1958, cropped. Image: Al Ravenna, World Telegram staff photographer. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
