Rabbi Amanda K. Weiss digs into the appeal of actor and comedian Adam Sandler, the ultimate ambassador for Hanukkah. Sandler photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin introduces us to a little-known American hero: financier, spy, and savior of the American Revolution, Haym Salomon. Saloman photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Rabbi Craig Axler gives us a nostalgic look at revolutionary hair stylist (and freedom fighter!) Vidal Sassoon. https://youtu.be/KylWtdnrhxU Sassoon photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).
Rachel Petroff Kessler of Temple Isaiah in Fulton, Maryland extolls on the beauty and talent of the original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice. https://youtu.be/Yku3_IPDTB0 Brice photo from The Los Angeles Daily News Photographic Collection, available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin gives us a short lesson on the brave Biblical heroine Judith, and how she defeated the Assyrian army. Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Massimo Stanzione courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain)
Rabbi Craig Axler introduces us to one of the most famous wandering Jews, Arthur Frommer. Frommer photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (GNU Free Documentation License)