Happy 85th birthday to Claudette Colvin! She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 15 & pregnant. Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks A THREAD!

“... Targum Pseudo-Jonathan uniquely calls Melchizedek the righteous king, an interpretation of the name found also in Philo and Josephus. This meaning of the name was known also to the writer of Hebrews 7:2, as is Targum Pseudo-Jonathan’s note that he ‘went out to meet Abram’.

It's well past time for all of the western knowledge producing institutions, to sit down with their hands over their mouths and listen to what indigenous peoples have been doing for centuries and millennia. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Today the Brazilian bossa nova and jazz legend Sérgio Mendes has passed at 83… Mendes played with Antônio Carlos Jobim (regarded as a mentor) and many U.S. jazz musicians who toured Brazil. In this video Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 are performing “Mas Que Nada”

“... 1 Enoch 6:1-2 agrees with Genesis 6:1-2 in many details, the first of which is vocabulary and the second is context. There is no doubt, due to the high density of correspondence, that the Enochic author is here basing his narrative about the “sons of heaven” on his

I am sick and tired of hearing from these toothless, grammar school educated, Seal Team wannabee, trump supporting, magats who say they cannot afford groceries. They all seem to have plenty of money for guns, pickups, flags, idiotic bumper stickers, and traveling to trump

Mark Cuban is doing more to educate voters on policy differences and key issues than our media. This is what happens when billionaires use their platforms in positive ways, and not for evil.

Y'all weren't saying, "listen to Black Woman" then. Now you wear it on T-shirts but still don't do it half the time.

Since I am awake for some inexplicable reason against my will at 4:30 in the morning, Shabbat shalom friends and kin!

So proud of my Hebrew students who were able to sight read text – vocabulary words – without vowels in the Torah scroll graciously opened for them after last night's service in which our president spoke. After only three weeks of classes (twice a week)!

“Laughter is Medicine” Art by Shannon Jones @indigenousmagicc on IG

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Happy 70th birthday to Ruby Bridges! In 1960, she became the first Black American to attend a white elementary school in the South. A visual reminder of what she faced every day. —In 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black American to attend a white elementary school in the

Kendrick performing at halftime does not mean Wayne will not be performing at halftime.

"Meet me in New Orleans." Rapper Kendrick Lamar will perform at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The 17-time Grammy winner will take the stage in New Orleans for the Super Bowl on Feb. 9, 2025. trib.al/gsiGYe5

“... In Genesis Rabbah 30:7, God says, “‘One herald arose for me in the generation of the Flood, Noah,’” while those around him mocked, calling him, ‘Contemptible old man!’ The tradition of Noah preaching repentance, not found anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, predates 2 Peter,

Baby car, a.k.a. Black Beauty a.k.a. Laylah is flexing: 54.9 MPG to church 59.1 MPG from church 56.5 MPG to the gym #PriusLife #Prius

SWEET GRITS ALREADY EXISTS ITS CALLED CREAM OF WHEAT

1619 - 1965

Beyonce should host a live show on all platforms at the exact same time as the CMAs. Or release the videos for the album the minute the CMAs begin.