Month: December 2012

Hanukkah and Jamaican Jews

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Webmasters Make $$$ By Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan, Jamaica Gleaner Guest Columnist The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins this year at sundown on Saturday, December 8. Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Revolt of the Maccabees in the 2nd century BCE, about 2,200 years ago. One of the major observances is the lighting of the lights in an eight-branched Hanukkah Menorah, also called a Hanukkiah. We light one additional candle each night using the shamash, a separate candle…

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Digital Storytelling by US Embassy in Jamaica

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Digital Storytelling: Science Rapper, Tom McFadden Wednesday, December 5, 2012 11:00 EST (16:00 UTC) URL: http://conx.state.gov/eca Description: Are you a fan of hip-hop and/or expressing yourself through music via the Internet? Learn how to tell your story using online tools and digital platforms! Join us for a live, engaging discussion featuring Tom McFadden, a Fulbrighter and former Stanford University biology course instructor who became a Science Rapper. Tom emerged from the California BioPop scene with hit singles such as, “Regulatin’ Genes” and “Oxidate it or Love it,” which granted him…

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