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So You'll Aim Toward The Sky

[Zaprudsky @ZaprudskyOU]

'It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.' - Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture #quoteoftheday

[Royal Society of Literature @RSLiterature]

'Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.'

- Doris Lessing #BOTD in 1919

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

A very strange ideology in which silence is violence, but encouraging people to take up machetes and go after a writer is somehow not... https://t.co/cNV09Gs894

[Matti Friedman @MattiFriedman]

The original, if you missed it: https://t.co/nMq4JjDxKn

[National Library of Israel @NLIsrael]

Jono David's 'never-ending Jewish photo tour' led him to document a diverse collection of the African continent's often-overlooked Jewish communities, both new and old...

https://t.co/mds4ApCTHt

[Zaprudsky @ZaprudskyOU]

'It’s a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.'
- Writers & Lovers by Lily King @lilykingbooks.
I'm confident that I'm sharing my love to this book with many!

[Zaprudsky @ZaprudskyOU]

NASA names asteroids after Israeli student who found them https://t.co/hbHJlqskmN via @timesofisrael

[michael jacobs @michaeljaco]

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
-- Orson Welles

[Philosophy Bits @philobits]

“We are each of us like our little blue planet, hung in black space, upheld by nothing but our mutual reassurances, our loving lies.” – John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, February 21, 1947

[Gabi Mitchell @GabiAMitchell]

Dozens of German and Austrian scientists, artists, and intellectuals sought refuge from the Nazi regime in Turkey. Many of them were Jewish or married to Jews. One of the forgotten stories of WWII.

[Our Passports @ourpussports]

During the war Polish diplomat Wojciech Rychlewicz saved many Jewish refugees by issuing life-saving visas from Istanbul. Other Turkish cities as well housed various charity and international aid organizations that assisted many who were seeking refuge from Nazi occupied Europe.

[Uri Levy @Levyninho]

Interesting and rare: Saeid Mollae, and Iranian 🇮🇷 judoka, now representing Mongolia due to unfortunate political reasons, says ‘Toda’ -thank you in Hebrew- after winning a fight in the Judo Grand Prix competition in 🇮🇱 Israel.

credit: Israeli Judo union

[Meir Javedanfar Ph.D.- מאיר ג'בדנפר @MeirJa]

In Iran, I was taught to hate Israel and Jews. Then I watched Schindler's List. | Omid Safari | The Blogs https://t.co/gZgDBBm7CW

[michal beit halachmi🎗️ @clarinetwoman2]

Wow! Israeli development of an artificial cornea is making the Arab world view Israel in a completely different way. Way to go also for @IsraelMFA for their efforts to build bridges via social networks. Inshallah one day the walls will finally fall. Peace ☮️

[Philosophy Bits @philobits]

“When we think of the past it’s the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

4 February 1917 | A Polish Jewish dancer Franciszka Mann was born. She was most probably the woman who on 23 October 1943, inside the undressing room of gas chamber II at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, seized SS man Josef Schillinger’s pistol, shot him & wounded SS man Wilhelm Emmerich.

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

This painting by Rona Ramon, beloved wife of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, captures the spirit of a phoenix, representing how the brave sacrifices made before us enable us to fly where we do today. I was proud to carry this with me during my mission @Space_Station. #NASARemembers

[Queen of Broccoli 🥦👑 @jobellerina]

Claudia Roden, a British Jew whose family (originally Syrian) were made refugee from Egypt, is one of the world's most celebrated cookery writers. Her beloved blue 'Book of Jewish Food' was recently featured @jayrayner1 in @ObserverUK and posted on Facebook today.

What ensued?

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb considers the great scientific anomaly that is ‘Oumuamua. https://t.co/4EOoeJCMka

[Zaprudsky @ZaprudskyOU]

"Just remember: reasonable exchanges only happen with reasonable people"

[TheBrowser @TheBrowser]

"HR is not your friend. HR is there to support the company. If you are not the company, they are not going to be there to support you." Rachel by the Bay on lessons from HR: https://t.co/4m6SYP0PAN