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  2. Sofer - Wikipedia

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    A sofer at work, Ein Bokek, Israel A sofer sews together the pieces of parchment A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M (Hebrew: סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural soferim, סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, סת״ם, is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.

  3. Maxwell Street - Wikipedia

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    When economic decline in the American South after World War I caused many Delta Blues and jazz musicians—notably Louis Armstrong—to migrate north to Chicago, the first economically secure class willing to help them was the mostly Jewish merchants of the area around Maxwell Street, who by that time were able to rent or own store buildings ...

  4. Group applied for jobs using Jewish names, prior employers ...

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    Job applicants with Jewish names or Jewish-linked prior employers were less likely to get responses for administrative assistant gigs, a troubling new study by the Anti-Defamation League Wednesday ...

  5. Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation

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    It follows traditional Jewish liturgy and laws, including Sabbath and "a modified version of kosher dietary laws". [ 11 ] The congregation is currently housed in a previously existing synagogue purchased from the Lawn Manor Hebrew Congregation, a Conservative temple of Ashkenazi Lithuanian Jews at West 66th Street and South Kedzie Avenue in the ...

  6. Libman: Generations Working to Achieve the American Dream - AOL

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    The ensuing backlash resulted in the destruction of Jewish neighborhoods, the murder of hundreds of Jews living in Russia and the enactment of laws that restricted, among other things, the number ...

  7. Jewish Council on Urban Affairs - Wikipedia

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    Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago that mobilizes the Jewish community of the region to advance racial and economic justice. JCUA partners with diverse community groups across the city and state to combat racism , antisemitism , poverty and other forms of systemic oppression, through grassroots ...

  8. Scribe - Wikipedia

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    The scribe was a common job in medieval European towns during the 10th and 11th centuries. Many were employed at scriptoria owned by local schoolmasters or lords. These scribes worked under deadlines to complete commissioned works such as historic chronicles or poetry.

  9. Scrivener - Wikipedia

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    A scrivener (or scribe) was a person who, before the advent of compulsory education, could read and write or who wrote letters as well as court and legal documents. Scriveners were people who made their living by writing or copying written material.