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Brian Paul Klaas (born 29 June 1986) is an American political scientist, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, [1] and an associate professor in global politics at University College London. He co-authored How to Rig an Election (2018) and authored Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us (2021) and Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why ...
The center was located in the Dallas Jewish Community Center in North Dallas. [7] In January 2005, the Memorial Center changed its name to the Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance and moved to a transitional space in downtown Dallas. The Museum is now in a 55,000-square-foot permanent location at the former Kingman-Texas ...
Many Jewish merchants contributed to the growth of Dallas, often working together for the betterment of the city. [9] Because Jewish merchants were often the prime supporters of the community's cultural institutions and charities, their economic health often dictated the economic health of the city.
Temple Emanu-El of Dallas was founded in 1873 and chartered in 1875. It was renamed from the Jewish Congregation Emanu-El to Temple Emanu-El Congregation in 1974. The small but growing Jewish community sought a permanent religious structure as well as for a rabbi to conduct services and to offer religious education for children, so several ...
The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society, especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States.
Akiba Yavneh Academy, formerly Yavneh Academy of Dallas, is a coeducational college preparatory Jewish private school in Dallas, Texas. It is guided by the tenets of Modern Orthodox Judaism . [ 1 ] In 2019, Yavneh Academy merged with Akiba Academy of Dallas (preschool through grade 8) to become Akiba Yavneh Academy (preschool through 12th Grade).
A California judge will consider Friday whether to recall the death sentence against Richard Allen Davis, who in 1993 killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from her bedroom at ...
The Cedars was also the home of Dallas' Jewish community, and the neighborhood included the Shaareth Israel synagogue. (Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus fame was born in the Cedars.) By the early 20th century, however, light industry and growing population pressures had begun to take the bloom off the neighborhood's rose, and most of the city's ...