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☆ Hank Greenberg: On Passover, an ode to perhaps the greatest Jewish baseball player
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It turns out that I undersold Greenberg; he was one of the greatest hitters of all time and gives Sandy Koufax a run at being the greatest Jewish baseball player of all time. By that time, at age 35, he was well past most baseball players’ prime. The fact that Greenberg was a hero to young Jewish baseball fans (like my father), a great American and incredible human being is not under dispute. Greenberg remains one of only 10 baseball players to ever hit 58 home runs in a single season. Greenberg ranks 62nd among every position player on this metric since major league baseball began way back in the 1870s, according to Baseball-Reference (and different outlets compute WAR7 slightly differently).

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☆ Lebanon's Hezbollah says it is stronger than before as border clashes rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Smoke rises from Dhayra village after Israeli shelling as pictured from the Lebanese town of Marwahin, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, October 11, 2023. Hezbollah said two of its fighters were killed in south Lebanon on Wednesday and a third was in a serious condition. The fighting has been the deadliest at the border since Hezbollah and Israel went to war in 2006. Hezbollah announced on Wednesday a fighter had died of wounds sustained on Tuesday, increasing to six the number of its fighters killed in Tuesday's violence. Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Oct. 13 the group would act when the time comes.

Persons: Mohamed Azakir, Hashem Safieddine, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Kibbutz Manara, Naim Qassem, Tom Perry, Laila Bassam, Henriette Chacar, Edmund Blair, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, Palestinian, Hamas, Israeli, Kibbutz, Thomson Locations: Dhayra, Marwahin, Israel, Lebanon, Rights BEIRUT, United States, Iran, Gaza, Zar'it, Lebanon's Ras Naqoura, Rosh HaNikra, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Here’s what that means
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Sofia Barrett | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the holiest day of the year for people who practice Judaism. Days are marked sunset to sunset. ‘Days of Awe’Yom Kippur concludes a 10-day period known as the “Days of Awe” that begins with the Jewish New Year, which is called Rosh Hashanah. According to tradition and lore, the origins of Yom Kippur can be traced to Moses’ leading the ancient Israelites out of slavery, as described in the book of Exodus. Abstaining for the dayMost observant Jews also fast from sunset to sunset on the holiday, abstaining from food and water.

Persons: it’s, ”, Moses ’, Moses, you’re Organizations: CNN, Jewish Locations: Yom, Hashanah, Kippur, Sinai, North America

☆ Trump shares post on Jewish New Year attacking American Jews who didn’t support him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The content of the flier appears to have initially been created by a group calling itself JEXIT, which encourages American Jews to leave the Democratic Party. The American Jewish Committee posted on X: “Claiming that American Jews who did not vote for Mr. Trump voted to destroy America and Israel is deeply offensive and divisive. Your antisemitism is loud & clear.”Trump has a long history of criticizing Jewish American voters who do not support him and of playing into antisemitic tropes. More recently, ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, he criticized American Jews for what he argued was their insufficient praise of his policies toward Israel, including moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. While Orthodox Jews lean heavily Republican, American Jews of other denominations, including the Reform and Conservative branches, have identified with or leaned toward the Democrats.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ”, Trump, “ Trump, ’, Amy Spitalnick, Jonathan Greenblatt, ” Greenblatt, Jerry Nadler, ” Trump, Israel ” Organizations: CNN, Israel, Rosh Hashanah, Democratic Party, Jewish Council, Public Affairs, Defamation League, American Jewish, Mr, Democratic, Jewish, Embassy, Republican Jewish Coalition, Las Vegas ., Republicans, Pew Research Center, Conservative Locations: Rosh, Israel, Rosh Hashana, America, York, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Las Vegas

☆ Historically volatile week will test the bull market in stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

This historic weakness is well-enshrined in stock market lore and encapsulated in the old chestnut, "Sell Rosh Hashana and buy Yom Kippur." Triple witching refers to each quarter's simultaneous expiration of stock index futures and options and individual stock options. It may be true we are in a bull market, but it is certainly not a typical one. Instead of trying to pick winners, Marks sensibly proposes the opposite: You might also achieve that goal — of producing alpha, or outperformance — by holding fewer of the losers. That is why the vast majority of active stock pickers continue to underperform the market, and why money continues to flow into passive index funds.

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☆ Multiple crises batter Washington and set up a fateful 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The octogenarian president is increasingly coming under scrutiny over his ability to serve a full second term if he wins in November 2024. But the trauma seizing Washington will soon intrude, transfixing the nation in a tumultuous 2024 election. The turmoil in the Republican Party is creating the kind of dysfunction and extremism that could turn off general election voters next year. In more placid times, the auto strike would be a dominant national issue defining a fraught political moment. But it’s just one of many crises threatening to overwhelm a political system that appears on the verge of a serious malfunction.

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Yosef Chaim Bernfeld, a young businessman from New York who is trying to clean up his life, journeyed to Uman this weekend for a “spiritual fix.”Every Jewish New Year, even this one during a raging war, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims turn this city in central Ukraine into a mini Jerusalem. They roam around in big groups sucking down Coke Zero and kosher pizza, paying in shekels. They pump out Hebrew hip-hop and dance hard together in the middle of the street. They exchange blessings — “I ask God to give you a sense of belonging, to give you stability, to grow your business this year” — and drink copious amounts of red wine way past the wartime curfew.

Persons: Yosef Chaim Bernfeld, — “ Locations: New York, Uman, Ukraine, Jerusalem, shekels

☆ Stocks churn with the S&P 500 sitting at the same level it was two years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The S & P 500 has held on to most of its first-half gains and has made a series of higher lows since mid-August. And while 2% is the central-banker ideal, equity markets historically are comfortable with inflation under 4% or so. The equal-weight S & P 500 is about where it was last Thanksgiving and small-cap indexes have been sideways and stuck for a year-and-a-half. Kolovos has been anticipating a "long and winding road to 4800" for the S & P 500, provided it doesn't crack support near 4300 before then. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500 YTD Such a scenario would then certainly give rise to a vexing "Now what?"

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☆ Sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur? What's the reasoning behind this classic seasonal trade
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For active traders who like to time buying and selling around seasonal events, the next few weeks are Market Timing Heaven. The volatility is encapsulated in one of the more enduring seasonal trades: Sell Rosh Hashanah (which begins at sundown Friday this year), buy Yom Kippur (Sept. 25). Traders sell positions due to seasonal weakness at the start of Rosh Hoshanah, then return to the market after Yom Kippur. The period from Yom Kippur to Passover, which starts on April 22, 2024, is traditionally an up period, good for an average gain of 6.9%. It means market timers expecting seasonal weakness for the next few weeks are also expecting seasonal strength in the fourth quarter.

Persons: Rosh Hoshanah, Jeff Hirsch, Hirsch, Tom McClellan, McClellan, Todd Sohn Organizations: Triple, Triple Witching, Federal, Traders Locations: Yom, Rosh, Yom Kippur, Strategas

☆ Science Shows the Particular Brilliance of Rosh Hashana - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( David Desteno | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Celebrating a new year — as Jews the world over will do this week, when Rosh Hashana begins on Friday at sunset — is all about making changes. It’s a time for new beginnings, for wiping the slate clean and starting over from scratch. In that spirit, on Rosh Hashana Jews say prayers and listen to readings that celebrate the creation of the world and of human life. But Rosh Hashana also strikes a different, seemingly discordant note. This is an insight about human nature that the rites of Rosh Hashana capture especially well, but it’s one that people of any faith (or no faith at all) can benefit from.

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Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted several webinars to help prepare for the season. Among the topics: How to respond to an “active threat” targeting the Jewish community, and how to stop severe bleeding. Over recent years — in the face of increased antisemitic threats and violence — the season also is a time of heightened vigilance. “The High Holidays are about renewal — about trying to build a better world,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Earlier this month, the Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, announced a partnership with the Community Security Service, a leading Jewish security organization, to encourage more Orthodox congregation members to volunteer for security training.

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☆ A Love of Pomegranates, and a Perfect Baked Fish for Rosh Hashana
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Joan Nathan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

(Nimrod, according to biblical legend, was a great-grandson of Noah.) For Mr. Halahmy and many others, pomegranates are also a major part of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which this year begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends Sept. 17. “Pomegranates remind me of Mesopotamia, my ancestral home, whether I am in Jerusalem, Baghdad or New York,” Mr. Halahmy said. “Rosh Hashana starts in Babylon with pomegranates,” he said. Mr. Halahmy included these memories and customs in a self-published cookbook called “Iraqi Cooking: Exile Is Home,” which calls for pomegranates in stews, soups and sorbets.

Persons: Nimrod, Noah, Halahmy, ” Mr, “, Rosh Hashana, ” Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art Locations: Rosh Hashana, Jerusalem, Baghdad, New York, Jaffa, Israel, Iraq

☆ Dutch supreme court: Israeli military immune from prosecution in Netherlands
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to the media after casting his ballot on the day of Israel's general election outside a polling station in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAMSTERDAM, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Dutch supreme court ruled on Friday that two Israeli former military commanders, including ex-defence minister Benny Gantz, are immune from civil prosecution in the Netherlands in a case brought over the deaths of six Palestinians in an Israeli air strike. In the suit, Ziada sought unspecified damages against Gantz under Dutch universal jurisdiction rules, which allows countries to prosecute serious offences committed elsewhere. Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers and six civilians in Israel also died, according to Israeli military and health officials. Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout and Stephanie van den Berg; editing by Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Benny Gantz, Nir Elias, Gantz, Amir Eshel, Ismail Ziada, Ziada, Charlotte Van Campenhout, Stephanie van den Berg, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Dutch, Thomson Locations: Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, Netherlands, Hamas, Gaza

☆ Israel and Lebanon reach historic agreement to resolve a long-running maritime border dispute
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Israel and Lebanon have brokered a historic agreement to resolve a long-running maritime border dispute on Tuesday, following months of negotiations mediated by the United States. Israel and Lebanon reached a historic agreement to resolve a long-running maritime border dispute on Tuesday, following months of negotiations mediated by the United States. "This is a historic achievement that will strengthen Israel's security, inject billions into Israel's economy, and ensure the stability of our northern border," Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid said in a statement. Negotiations pertaining to the Israeli-Lebanese border dispute over gas-rich waters off the countries' Mediterranean coasts have been ongoing since October 2020. The Israel president also thanked U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein for his "hard work" in mediating the agreement.

We were the first Black family to join Temple Emanu-El, a synagogue in Providence, Rhode Island. My bat mitzvah was probably the first time I experienced that being Black and Jewish in America was a rarity. As I got older and left the nest of my family and synagogue in Rhode Island, I moved to New York. As a Black woman, when I would tell people that I’m Jewish, the reactions I would get were, “Seriously? She explained that the Jewish faith meant so much to her and that it would be ridiculous to stop participating in it just because someone else was uncomfortable.

☆ The Meaning of a Yom Kippur Prayer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Meir Soloveichik | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Sunday, Sept. 25, marks the beginning of one of the most important periods of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashana, the New Year, begins Sunday night, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Many Jews who do not attend synagogue regularly make sure to be present for the evening prayer service that marks the start of Yom Kippur, when worshipers recite Kol Nidrei, perhaps the most famous passage in Jewish liturgy—and one of the least understood. At first sight Kol Nidrei (also known as Kal Nidrei), which roughly translates to “all vows,” may seem technical and prosaic, entirely out of place for the holiest day of the Jewish year. One common version reads: “All vows, prohibitions, bans, oaths, restrictions, penalties and oaths of dedication, that we will utter and swear, and take upon ourselves, from this Day of Atonement until the next Day of Atonement, to come in goodness; all these [vows] I regret; let all of them be discarded and forgiven, abolished and undone; they are not valid and they are not binding.” As mundane as this may seem, by acknowledging the human temptation to take vows we will later regret, this legal formula offers an important message about the power of regret to foster lasting change in our lives.

If you're part of an online bank, transactions won't go through on holidays. We've included a list of holidays when most banks close, plus alternatives for accessing cash if you need money quickly. Others, like TD Bank and Regions Bank, have separate pages with bank holiday schedules. Customer service availability will usually stay the same with online banks, but there are some exceptions. Most banking transactions don't process on bank holidays, regardless of whether you use an online or brick-and-mortar bank.

☆ Take no prisoners: In the Fed’s inflation fight, no one is spared
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Christine Romans | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Global central banks are jacking up interest rates with no end in sight until high inflation is vanquished. The Federal Reserve is aggressively fighting inflation by lifting its benchmark interest rate five times so far this year. There isn’t.”Higher interest rates make life more expensive for anyone who borrows money. The higher rates ding home affordability but also might be holding back home sales. Higher interest rates make financing a car — when you can find one — even more expensive.

☆ Ukrainian City Attracts Thousands of Jewish Pilgrims Despite War
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Even as Ukraine and Russia remain at war, thousands of Hasidic Jews plan to travel to the central Ukrainian city of Uman for an annual pilgrimage to visit the grave of an 18th-century rabbi over Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which begins Sunday at sundown. “The experience, the path one travels in Uman, is so meaningful that one is willing to pay a great price,” said Abraham Rabinovitch, 34, a Jewish Israeli who arrived in the Ukrainian city on Thursday.

☆ Thousands of Hasidic Jews defy travel warnings by making New Year pilgrimage to war-torn Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hasidic Jews make an annual pilgrimage to Uman, a central Ukrainian city, during Rosh Hashanah. This year, thousands are traveling to Uman despite warnings not to, The New York Times reported. Earlier this month, the Embassy of Ukraine in Israel urged those intending to travel for the pilgrimage not to. The US also warned against traveling to Ukraine for any purpose, explicitly advising US citizens not to travel to Uman for the Jewish new year. Central Ukraine, The Times noted, is not currently as dangerous as cities in the east.

☆ That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-05 | by ( David Margolick | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] In the middle of West 69th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, behind some scaffolding and a green wooden wall, stand a few precarious inches of facade. A few years from now, this remnant will be grafted onto a mansion that may well cost $100 million by the time it’s finally finished. Manhattan has countless monuments to outrageous wealth, most recently and glaringly the $238 million penthouse that the hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin just bought at 220 Central Park South. Lacking famous owners, a prestige address, a brand-name architect or coverage in tabloid real estate blotters, 48-50 West 69th Street has thus far been a study in inconspicuous consumption.

Persons: Potemkin, it’s, Rosh Hashana, Martin Luther, Ken Griffin Organizations: Park West, Columbus Locations: York, Manhattan

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