JERUSALEM — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a lifetime achievement award Wednesday from a prominent Jewish organization in Israel. Ginsburg cited Holocaust diarist Anne Frank among others in a speech at a ceremony in Tel Aviv that touched on her fight for women’s rights and quoted from Jewish traditions and history. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Search photos available for purchase: Photo Store → Ginsburg, 85, has served on the Supreme Court since 1993. She was the second female justice and often cites her Jewish heritage as a source for her love of learning and sensitivity to the plight of oppressed minorities. “When I became active in the movement to open doors to women, enabling them to enter occupations once closed to them – lawyering and judging, bartending, policing, and firefighting, for example – I was heartened by the words of a girl of my generation,” Ginsburg said, referring to Anne Frank, who questioned … [Read more...] about Justice Ginsburg receives award in Israel
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Paris Jackson: No one invited me to Janet Jackson’s Billboard awards tribute
By Martha Ross | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: May 22, 2018 at 8:42 am | UPDATED: May 22, 2018 at 9:26 am Paris Jackson claims no one told her that her aunt Janet Jackson would be feted Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards — though her brother Prince, grandmother Katherine and other family members obviously got invitations because they were there to see the singer receive the prestigious Icon honor. Maybe Paris Jackson needs to get new managers, because the 20-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson also blamed her current team for her absence from the awards show, which was widely noted on social media. “No one from my mgmt reached out to me about attending billboards or about the award, and no one from my family did either,” Paris Jackson shared on her Instagram Story Monday, People reported. “I had absolutely no idea until y’all spammed with hatred.” For Janet Jackson’s glittering tribute, the 52-year-old and a … [Read more...] about Paris Jackson: No one invited me to Janet Jackson’s Billboard awards tribute
Family drama, professional contests and search for adventure in trio of Whitney Award finalists
1 of 6 View 6 Items Book cover images "The Fattest Mormon" is by Tyson Abaroa. "Flight of the Wounded Falcon," book six of the Forest at the Edge series, is by Trish Mercer. "Gilda Trillim: Shepherdess of Rats" is by Steven Peck. These are three of the five 2017 Whitney Award finalists in the general fiction category. Related Link 51 novels announced as Whitney Award finalists These are three of the five novels that are 2017 Whitney Award finalists in the general fiction category. The Whitney Awards recognize novels by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The awards will be presented at the gala on Saturday in Provo. "THE FATTEST MORMON: The Winnebago Chronicles, Vol. 1," by Tyson Abaroa, Createspace, $9.99, 240 pages (f) "The Fattest Mormon" is by Tyson Abaroa. Phil Carroll’s life changed when he was banned from all legitimate jiu-jitsu competitions, a sport he deeply loved, for alleged … [Read more...] about Family drama, professional contests and search for adventure in trio of Whitney Award finalists
TRUMP to Page Six: I won’t talk about WJC’s past — EXCLUSIVE: HASSAN cuts ad from Ayotte’s role model comments; AYOTTE offers her take in her ad — Playbook Interview: JASON KANDER — B’DAY: Tracy Sefl
Driving the Day Good Thursday morning! 33 DAYS until ELECTION DAY. TRUMP TALKS TO PAGE SIX -- N.Y. Post’s Richard Johnson: “Donald Trump is taking the high road, and keeping Bill Clinton’s ‘bimbo eruptions’ away from Sunday’s presidential debate. Candice Jackson -- a lawyer who works with Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones and Dolly Kyle -- was hoping to bring at least one of the women to St. Louis to sit in the front row and throw Hillary Clinton off her game. But Jackson won’t get any help from the Republican presidential nominee. ‘I want to win this election on my policies for the future, not on Bill Clinton’s past,’ Trump told me via e-mail. ‘Jobs, trade, ending illegal immigration, veteran care, and strengthening our military is what I really want to be talking about.’” http://pge.sx/2dgKr2e Story Continued Below -- “Donald Trump’s Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. … [Read more...] about TRUMP to Page Six: I won’t talk about WJC’s past — EXCLUSIVE: HASSAN cuts ad from Ayotte’s role model comments; AYOTTE offers her take in her ad — Playbook Interview: JASON KANDER — B’DAY: Tracy Sefl
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski testifying about interactions with donors and contractors
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski’s defense attorney concluded his examination of the mayor Thursday afternoon with a final direct question.“Mr Pawlowski, you testified a long time, and my last question to you is, did you ever pay-to-play in Allentown?” defense attorney Jack McMahon asked.“I did not,” Pawlowski replied.In more that 12 hours of questioning Wednesday and Thursday, McMahon asked Pawlowski about his relationship with campaign manager Mike Fleck and his employee Sam Ruchlewicz, each of the nine schemes in which he is accused of directing city business to campaign donors and many of the secret recordings prosecutors played while laying out their case.As he did so, McMahon worked to build support for thee central themes of Pawlowski’s defense: that Fleck and Ruchlewicz aren’t credible witnesses, that Pawlowski never mixed city business with solicitations for campaign fundraising and that prosecutors lack direct evidence that Pawlowski … [Read more...] about Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski testifying about interactions with donors and contractors