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Feb 10, 2024 | 
cdispatch.com | Julie Gray
WEST POINT — The West Point Clay County Arts Council is kicking off the year with a new exhibit of artwork by Boone Antonio Lairy at the Louise Campbell Center for the Arts on Sunday at 2 p.m. Lairy will give a short gallery talk at 2:15 p.m. and a reception will follow. “I am from Pheba… where I took up the love for nature,” said Lairy. “I have been painting landscapes, horse portraits and different abstracts since 2011.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Julie Gray
Until a few days ago, a “big creator” on TikTok with almost four million followers was my “mutual.” That’s TikTok slang for we followed each other’s accounts and occasionally exchanged messages. About a week ago, they messaged me that they were suffering terribly because “haters” were calling them an antisemite or, alternatively, an Islamophobe. I was confused.
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Nov 19, 2023 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie Gray |Jordan Salama
Skip to main content Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. Author photo by Michael Salama Jordan Salama originally shared his Jewish Book Month reading recommendations with JBC’s email list this past week. Below is the letter.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Julie Gray |Ilana Blumberg
Skip to main content Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. This piece is one of an ongoing series that we are sharing from Israeli authors and authors in Israel.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Julie Gray
It will be hard to do, deactivating my TikTok account later today. I’ve had it for three years and had over 460K followers. My life partner, Gidon Lev, and I used the app to share Holocaust education and Gidon’s message of hope. On TikTok, we felt empowered and valued. We touched the lives of millions of young people. Gidon had “fans” worldwide who left millions of heart emojis and dueted his TikToks while they cried or smiled with joy. Gidon was most beloved. He was a fixture.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
jewishbookcouncil.org | Ilana Blumberg |Julie Gray
Skip to main content Jewish Book Council, founded in 1943, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature. Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox. This piece is one of an ongoing series that we are sharing from Israeli authors and authors in Israel.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Julie Gray
Though we have never met in person, Miriam Ezagui is a friend. Miriam is a labor and delivery nurse, a mother of four, and an Orthodox Jewish woman living in Brooklyn. On TikTok, where she has over two million followers, Miriam shares what her life is like. Then, Miriam made, according to TikTok, a terrible mistake. She posted a video expressing her anger and anguish about the horrifying massacre in Israel and compared Hamas propaganda to Nazi propaganda.
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May 17, 2023 | 
janefriedman.com | Julie Gray |Jane Friedman
Todays post is by author and editor Julie Gray. As a writer and a developmental editor, I experience the same highs and lows as the writers I work with. Trying to get an agent and a book deal seems like looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s easy and understandable to get frustrated and give up. Likewise, publishing independently sounds like a confusing marathon without any guarantee of actual sales. In 2019, I queried agents with my manuscript, The True Adventures of Gidon Lev: Rascal.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
fanfare.pub | Julie Gray
"Hell Welcomes All" - Diablo IV Diablo and I go way back to the early days of the first iteration, which was released in 1997. So much has changed since then; the game is almost unrecognisable now (in a good way!)As much as I loved the original game, the developers have improved the interface and general gaming experience tenfold. Aesthetically, Diablo IV looks as good if not better than any ARPG (action role-playing game) currently on the market.
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Feb 8, 2023 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Julie Gray
Felix Cipher is a young person from Colorado who created a TikTok account and cosplayed Adolf Hitler. As of yesterday, Felix was a trending hashtag and meme. As of today, they are canceled. But who is this Cipher? We don’t really know. We know that Felix is trans and that they like snakes and own a great many of them. We know Felix has posed wearing Nazi-era pins and that they sport a haircut reminiscent of Hitler’s.
