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A Floating Home for Jewish Students in Paris

First they purchased a truck, outfitted it as a “Mitzvah Tank,” and parked it near campus, offering students the chance to put on Tefillin, receive Shabbat candles or a mezuzah, or enjoy a kosher bite to eat. Then one Sukkot, they rented a boat for a couple of hours to build a Sukkah.

Tom Lehrer Told Me Why He Wrote ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica’ (Sort Of)

Lehrer—a mathematician who in his academic career taught at Harvard, MIT and the University of California, and worked at a point at the Atomic Energy Commission—passed away on Shabbat, July 26 (Rosh Chodesh Av), at the age of 97 at his home in Cambridge, Mass.