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Jacob Collier, speaking at the launch of BBC Get Singing, says music "embeds confidence" in young people.

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino has been removed from his role as “commander at large” and will return to his former post in El Centro, neighboring San Diego County, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a Department of Homeland Security official and two people familiar with the decision.

In the science and tech race, China is steadily advancing while America is retreating. That’s the conclusion of multiple Western studies. US President Donald Trump’s own policies have greatly contributed to this trajectory. Several salient features in this race for supremacy have been identified: China’s highly focused state support of science and tech, America’s federal defunding of them, and a nation of engineers and science graduates versus a nation of lawyers. “China is an engineering state...

Sundance: This messy soufflé of millennial nostalgia has appealing bites, though, thanks to up-and-comer Garrett Wareing as the wildly hot new boy toy to Shlesinger's bottoming-out disaster relief worker.

(JTA) — Anna is a misunderstood sixth-grade girl who communicates with the ghosts of her Jewish ancestors. Teased by her classmates and worried-over by her family, she finds comfort and understanding with her Bubbe and her beloved Jewish traditions. “Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s lyrically written novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade... The post Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature appeared first on The Forward.

Three people share how one event in their lives reshaped and how they rebuilt their identity and confidence.

Three people share how one event reshaped their lives and how they rebuilt their identity and confidence.

(JTA) — A New Jersey church says it is “committed to engaging in dialogue, and teaching others about our heritage” after putting on a Christmas pageant that drew criticism for reflecting antisemitic stereotypes. St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s pageant, known as a vertep, featured an antagonist named Moshko who danced with the devil while... The post NJ church deletes video of pageant featuring antisemitic character but says critics took it ‘out of context’ appeared first on The Forward.

(JTA) — I’ve never read a Holocaust chronicle quite like Lore Segal’s autobiographical 1964 novel, “Other People’s Houses.” Mordant, unsentimental and sometimes painfully honest, it’s the story of an Austrian girl sent to England on the Kindertransport, as well as a portrait of the artist as a young refugee. More than one of her legions... The post A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths appeared first on The Forward.

The plaintiffs said North Korea was marketed to them as "paradise on Earth".

An anti-ICE agitator in Minneapolis picked up a flashbang and instantly regretted it. The post Anti-ICE Agitator Picks Up Flashbang, Instantly Regrets It (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The fatal shooting of two civilians in Minneapolis has reignited accusations that federal agents enforcing US President Donald Trump's militarized immigration crackdown are inexperienced, under-trained and operating outside law enforcement norms.