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Traci Park (born 1976) is an American attorney and politician, who is the Los Angeles City Councilmember for the 11th district since 2022. [1] Having entered the race to challenge incumbent Mike Bonin, [2] Park became a frontrunner for the open seat upon Bonin's announcement of retirement, and defeated civil rights attorney Erin Darling in the general election.
Crown rabbi (Russian: казённый раввин, IPA: [kɐˈzʲɵnːɨj rɐˈvʲːin], lit. 'official rabbi') was a position in the Russian Empire given to a member of a Jewish community appointed to act as an intermediary between his community and the Imperial government, to perform certain civil duties such as registering births, marriages, and divorces.
The core Russian Jewish population in Canada numbers 30,000 and the enlarged Russian Jewish population numbered 50,000+, mostly in Montreal and Toronto. [197] Notable Russian Jewish residents include judoka Mark Berger , ice hockey player Eliezer Sherbatov , voice actress Tara Strong , [ 198 ] and the musical group Tasseomancy .
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A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Despite this, when the Imperial Russian Army faced defeat, antisemitic commanders blamed Jewish populations. Although pillaging by Russian soldiers became an issue in general during the Great Retreat, Jews were frequently targeted. [32] Jews were accused of treason and spying for the Germans, with some Jews being kidnapped and tried for ...
A modern ketubah (Jewish wedding contract).. The Lieberman clause is a clause included in a ketubah (Hebrew: כתובה Jewish wedding document), created by and named after Talmudic scholar and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professor Saul Lieberman, that stipulates that divorce will be adjudicated by a modern bet din (rabbinic court) in order to prevent the problem of the agunah, a ...
The Bolsheviks replaced religious marriage with civil marriage, divorce became easy to obtain, and unwed mothers received special protection. All children, whether legitimate or illegitimate, had equal rights before the law, women gained sexual equality under matrimonial law, inheritance of property was abolished, and abortion was legalized.