Archive for the 'Activism' Category

Back In Time

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Let’s go back in time…it’s 1967 and the headlines back then read:
US Airforce intensifies the bombing of North Vietnam . . . U.S. plans to start missile net…1967 Pan Am Games…13 US helicopters are shot down in Vietnam…Writer and historian Bernard B. Fall is killed by a Viet Cong…Military Coup in Greece…Six Day War…Egyptians blockade […]

Making Time to Volunteer

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Volunteering — building a community bond, and supporting your local needy. You’ll find it’s simpler to get involved when someone else has organized the event. Obviously, when volunteering becomes a team effort with colleagues, it will be far more fun.

Side Effects and Injuries from Yaz Oral Contraception

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Yaz is a popular oral contraceptive pill that is taken by millions of women around the world every year. As of late, Yasmin has been affiliated with certain serious Yaz side effects and possibly life-threatening injuries. Women taking Yasmin, or its generic form Ocella, have reportedly suffered deep vein thrombosis,pulmonary embolism, among other serious […]

A Letter of Congratulation to George Bush

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Dear Bush,
I must first of all apologize for not including my address on this letter. In this age of terrorism, one should be wary of disclosing private addresses in public places. So I decided to send you this mail from “an undisclosed secret location.”
The purpose of my writing you, however, is to congratulate you […]

The Sanford L. Ziff Jewish Museum of Florida

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

In 1995, the Jewish Museum of Florida opened in a former historic synagogue that had restored Art Deco features like a copper dome and stained glass windows. Originally built in 1936 and designed by Henry Hohauser, the building was restored for $1.5 million. The museum expanded in 2007 to include the original synagogue. As […]