Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert , 1903-96, American movie actress, b. Paris as Lily Chauchoin. Known for her rosy cheeks, velvet voice, hearty laugh, and curly bangs, Colbert distinguished herself in a series of sophisticated comedies and became one of Hollywood's best-paid movie stars. She also brought a sensuousness to the title role in Cleopatra (1934) and a warm touch to other dramas, in which she often portrayed a forebearing mother. Her other films include her best-known comedy, It Happened One Night (1934), Private Worlds (1935), Since You Went Away (1944), and Parrish (1961). Colbert also appeared on the stage and in a television movie, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1986).
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All at home with the Hasidim: Books
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...and curly haired. The young Hasid's blond hair was twisted...is the disclosure that some Hasidim belonging to the Satmar sect...rippers and a good many other Hasidim, this was tantamount to acknowledging...Satmar and other anti-Zionist Hasidim live in Israel, they do not...
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Hasidim marking 300th year
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 9/4/1998; 700+ words
; Cleveland Jewish News 09-04-1998 Hasidim marking 300th year ARI ZIVOTOFSKY Freelance...followers of the BeShT soon became known as Hasidim and their opponents as Misnagdim (literally...worship must be attended by cheerfulness. Hasidim also stressed an increased attention to...
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Hasid on the aisle
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 3/26/2002; ; 689 words
; ...that he has appealed to the Hasidim by "putting the 'yid' back...contends that open-minded Hasidim will become the main potential...it creates a space in which Hasidim can bond with other Jews over...their feuding husbands-a Hasid, an Orthodox businessman...
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BRATSLAV HASIDIM HORRIFIED AS HERZOG PROUDLY PROPOSES MOVING REBBE'S
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 1/13/1993; ; 662 words
; ...Telegraphic Agency 01-13-1993 BRATSLAV HASIDIM HORRIFIED AS HERZOG PROUDLY PROPOSES MOVING...sage who died 180 years ago. Bratslav Hasidim here and abroad reacted with horror to...Nachman died. The World Council of Bratslav Hasidim called on Herzog to admit that his announcement...
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HISPANICS SAYS POLICE FAVOR HASIDIM.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/26/1990; 700+ words
; ...what they called favored treatment of Hasidim in the Brooklyn neighborhood torn by ethnic...and "90th Precinct captain favors Hasidim for political interests," the Hispanics...Plaza housing project. More than 300 Hasidim then tried to storm the 90th Precinct...
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Hasidim adjust to rabbi's death. (Lubavitcher Hasidim; Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/4/1995; 700+ words
; ...their beloved rabbi, the Lubavitcher Hasidim show signs of adjusting to life without...has never happened in the history of the Hasidim movement," says Nadler, "They are...happened among some in the Lubavitcher Hasidim, Nadler suspects, because believing...
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Realize the Divine - Song and Spirit.(simple melodies essential to Hasidim)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World and I; 8/1/2001; ; 642 words
; ...conscious of His presence, a state of mind Hasidim call d'vekut. Because He is always...Also, because men's souls are divine, Hasidim advocate close friendships between men...the other's welfare is regarded by the Hasidim as realizing the divine in the other and...
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Gerrer Hasidim Declare War on Computers.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 5/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...Shaket, the online forum where Gerrer Hasidim conduct discussions, some of them daring...ultra-Orthodox world. Every Gerrer Hasid with a computer can expect a house call...claiming that Ackerman beat up another Hasid, a man named Levine, whom he suspected...
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ON LANGUAGE; The St. Mary Hasidim?
Newspaper article from: Forward; 10/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...name from 'Saint Mary,' and that the Satmar Hasidim are thus 'St. Mary's Hasidim.' I have even heard reports that, because of...Zotmar, the fortress of Zotmar." The Satmar Hasidim, then, who are renowned for their zealousness...
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Cops and Hasidim have a checkered history.
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY); 4/6/2006; 562 words
; ...Apr. 6--The relationship between the Hasidim of Borough Park and the police who serve...cops, implying politically connected Hasidim can call in a favor anytime one of their...In that incident, an estimated 2,000 Hasidim, claiming police took almost an hour...
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Hasidim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
HASIDIM Followers of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement. In the modern era, Hasidim (literally, "pious ones") has come to mean...legalistic learning of elite Judaism. Contemporary Hasidim are generally viewed as ultra-Orthodox, and...
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Hasid
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Hasid a member of a strictly orthodox Jewish sect in Palestine in the 3rd and 2nd centuries bc which opposed Hellenizing influences on...
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Baal-Shem-Tov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...later developed into the several communities of contemporary Hasidim. Bibliography: See M. Buber, Legend of the Ba'al Shem (tr. 1955, repr. 1969) and Tales of the Hasidim (tr., 2 vol., 1947-48, repr. 1961); D. Ben Amos and...
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Baal Shem Tov
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...kindliness and holiness attracted many followers, who were called Hasidim (the pious). The Besht's teachings emphasized spiritual...emphasized joy in observing Jewish law. His followers, the Hasidim, changed many of the ways Judaism was traditionally practiced...
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Safed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...eighteenth century two large groups of Jews emigrated to Safed: Hasidim and their detractors, the followers of Rabbi Elijah, the...and mystics. see also arab – israel war (1948); hasidim; palmah. Bibliography Rossoff, Dovid. Safed: The Mystical...
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