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VOL 10, NO 41 ■ OCTOBER 28, 2011 / 30 TISHRI, 5772
Jewish “Occupy” protesters keep presence beyond Sukkot
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HAFTR pair named Siemens semifinalists By Jeff Bessen B and Sergey Kadinsky A pair of HAFTR seniors was among the nalists in the 2011 Siemens Competisemifinali Math, Science & Technology held tion in M 21. Wade Miller and Erich Hirsch on Oct. 2 the use of graphene and graphene studied th oxide as a potential substitute for stem body tissue. cells in replacing re for the material is a body Their source s part that is often removed and discarded dentists. “When you have it as simple as by dentist having a wisdom tooth removed, it is less pain and less risk of injury and infection,” Hirsch said. sai Currently, stem cells are taken patient’s body, which is an expenfrom the p procedure. sive and invasive i “The two components graphene and “Th graphene oxide are very interesting, graph putting them together is the perand p fect opportunity for research,” Miller said. said His project with Hirsch is titled, “The “Th Growth and Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Plated on De Polymer Scaffolds Containing GraPo phene and Graphene Oxide.” p Former Lawrence High School student Paul Masih Das, who diss covered a new method of making c graphene, inspired their study g topic. Das was a 2010 Intel Scit ence Competition finalist, is in e the t process of getting a patent on his h research. Both groups of students worked under the guidance of w Rebecca Isseroff, the science reR
By Sergey Kadinsky Amid the cacophony of drumbeats, rhyming protest chants and spirited debates, an outspoken activist blogger vows to keep the Jewish presence in downtown Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park beyond its highly publicized Sukkot. “We have a traditional egalitarian minyan and we will continue with Shabbat dinners as long as we can,” said Daniel Sieradski, 32, a self-described “Orthodox anarchist,” with a long resume of social causes and online campaigns. The Brooklyn resident catapulted into national headlines on Sept. 30, a week into the Occupy Wall Street protest, by organizing an outdoor Shabbat potluck dinner, which was then followed a week later by Kol Nidrei where the reddish-bearded Sieradski donned the kittel, amid a crowd of 1,000 protester worshippers. Sieradski’s wife Morissa brought vegetarian cholent and his mother Jennette Friedman supplied challah for the praying protesters. “My mother and father in Teaneck are going through foreclosure and I am going to bat for my parents,” Sieradski said. “This is what it means to be an eved Hashem.” Chabad of Wall Street donated the initial pop-up sukkah as a non-political gesture to promote religious observance, but with a growing crowd, Sieradski later brought in a larger sukkah, complete with a portrait of legendary Jewish anarchist Emma Goldman. “If I can’t dance with a Torah, it’s not my revolution,” Sieradski writes on his Facebook, paraphrasing Goldman. Jews Racial and Economic Justice, the
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HA HAFTR seniors Wade Miller and Erich Hirsch.
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