We'd like to be festive. We're not sure we can let go for a second though or the whole place will unravel. My father used to say the only thing he could be sure of was the sun would come up in the morning. Now I have a friend who is unwaveringly upbeat in the face of a difficult diagnosis. That is a bright light of joy for me to think on. Here's what we've got for you in this issue:
We have won fifty awards – five oh. So you'll want to see what those are. And these stories, plus links to recent issues. And then, our Community Events. Finding Your Inner West, An Urban Cowgirl Conversation with Corinne Joy Brown - Interview by Gloria Abella Ballen A Menorah in the Hallway by Jackie Wald The Most Antisemitic Experience of My Life by Judith Fein, photos by Paul Ross Little Edna's War: An Extraordinary Child in the Warsaw Ghetto by Dianne S. Layden Old People in Tennis Shoes, New Rules: 370,000 New Mexico Independents Can Now Choose by Karen Wentworth, Central NM League of Women Voters.
Stay tuned, we won TWO Rockowers, to be announced at the American Jewish Press Association 46th Annual Rockower Banquet June 4 in New York City at the Center for Jewish History - the "Jewish Pulitzers." The NM Jewish Journal has 1% of the revenue of our competitors in the Jewish press. Scroll down for events and click on icons along the top of the page.
COMMUNITY Supporter EVENTS below - also be sure to click on icons along top of website page for individual organizations' posts
Courtesy Post: Did you know that The Santa Fe Public Library has a grant, a program from the YIDDISH BOOK CENTER for "Betweeen Two Worlds: Exploring Jewish Culture and Religion through Yiddish Literature"https://www.santafelibrary.org/news/between-two-worlds/:
UPCOMING: JUNE 7th NM JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY's Annual Business Meeting, 1 pm at Temple Beth Shalom Santa Fe SARA KOPLIK - THE JEWS OF AFGHANISTAN 1:45 pm
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