⚖️ A Brooklyn man who robbed a matzo factory, stealing cash and checks worth more than $94,000, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. (NY Jewish Week)
🏳️🌈 Pope Francis approved Catholic priests blessing same-sex couples, a radical shift in policy aimed at making the church more inclusive. At the same time, he reaffirmed the church’s position that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. (AP)
✍️ During World War II, the people who hid Curt Bloch, a German Jew, in the crawl space of a Dutch home gave him pens, glue and other materials which he used to create 95 issues of a satirical poetry magazine now drawing attention. (New York Times)
🎬 Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon are set to star in Nuremberg, an upcoming movie about the real-life American psychiatrist who was tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners were fit to stand trial for their war crimes. (Wrap)
🤼 Zac Efron stars in a new movie about the real-life Von Erich brothers, wrestling superstars from Texas. Turns out, they were huge in Israel. (JTA)
Mazel tov ➤ To our colleagues at J. The Jewish News of Northern California on winning five awards at the San Francisco Press Club’s annual gala.
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