Would kumbaya spirit include Muslims, Jews? I’m an 86-year-old OU alum and rabid follower of Sooner softball from afar. I respect and admire these young women for their passion, determination, infectious kumbaya spirit and athleticism. And Patty Gasso is a great, great coach who, based on her televised post-game press conferences, is a laudable, sensitive […]
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Sooner softball fan asks, ‘Would a Muslim or Jew or non-believer be as welcome?’ | Letters
Would kumbaya spirit include Muslims, Jews? I’m an 86-year-old OU alum and rabid follower of Sooner softball from afar. I respect and admire these young women for their passion, determination, infectious kumbaya spirit and athleticism. And Patty Gasso is a great, great coach who, based on her televised post-game press conferences, is a laudable, sensitive mentor who […]
DNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means
In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German Jews, finding many “matches.” These medieval individuals had DNA fragments shared with thousands of people who […]
NYC suspect nabbed for bashing stranger with bat, calling him ‘dirty Jew’
A hate crime suspect was nabbed Wednesday for bashing a stranger with a metal bat on a Staten Island street after calling him a “dirty Jew,” police said. Obadiah Lashley, 29, was arrested one day after police blasted out images of the suspect in hopes someone might be able to lead them to him. The […]
NYC man bashed in head with bat by stranger who calls him ‘dirty Jew’
A man was bashed in the head with a metal bat by a stranger who called him a “dirty Jew” after confronting him on a Staten Island street, police said Tuesday. The 25-year-old victim was approached by the hateful attacker on Grandview Ave. near Netherland Ave. in Mariners Harbor about 2:30 p.m. Monday and immediately […]
Chennai’s ‘last Jew’ fights for place in India’s history
Davvid Levi claims to be the last Jew who lived in the southern Indian city of Chennai. That’s because, according to government records, Mr Levi’s was the last Jewish family in the city, which is the capital of Tamil Nadu state. (The BBC could not verify if the last two Jews documented in Tamil Nadu […]