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Carnegie Museums Turn 120

Posted by Todd Smith on October 28, 2015

Last week I saw a tweet that the Carnegie Museums are celebrating their 120th year anniversary: I made a new dinosaur friend @CarnegieMNH #CarnegieClash https://t.co/kTLPMIECek — Sally Wiggin (@SWigginWTAE) October 19, 2015 How cool is it that both the Carnegie Museums and the JCC share the same birthday! To celebrate this historic anniversary, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Science Center and the Andy …

“You Didn’t Build That!” – “We Built That!”

Posted by Rabbi Ron Symons on October 16, 2015

Who Started Your Journey? The political theater of the 2016 election has made me nostalgic for an earlier time: the 2012 election. You might remember that President Obama made the comment in Roanoke, VA, "You didn't build that." He intended to point out that every generation builds on the successes of previous generations. The Republicans countered with the phrase, "We built that!" Not only did the …

The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to Kaufmann’s Department Store

Posted by Brian Schreiber on September 21, 2015

For those of you who know me well, I am a lover of history (though I often quote American Jewish theologian, Mordecai Kaplan who stated that the “the past has a vote, not a veto.”) What that means to me is that we need to acknowledge, respect and draw from our history as we move into the future. This is a special anniversary for the JCC. …

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Carnegie Museums Turn 120

“You Didn’t Build That!” – “We Built That!”

The End of an Era: Saying Goodbye to Kaufmann’s Department Store

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