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The article features New York rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum's synagogue, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in Midtown Manhattan as of July 2024. Topics covered include its development as the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (L.G.B.T.Q.) congregation in the U.S., Kleinbaum's growth as a civil rights movement national leader and fighter for acceptance without Judaism, and her love for both Palestinians and Israeli Jews. Also noted is Kleinbaum's retirement in summer 2024.

The article highlights how scandals and controversies have dimmed the prospects of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) party despite its previous momentum.

The article explores the controversy surrounding the "Appeal to Heaven" flag flying in San Francisco's Flag Pavilion, which was ordered to be removed by Mayor London Breed due to its association with Jan. 6 rioters and conservative movements, sparking discussions about historical flags.

The article focuses on the decline of local newspapers in the South, particularly in Nashville, and the emergence of nonprofit digital newsrooms like the new Nashville Banner. It discusses the importance of such news organizations in maintaining democracy and providing unbiased reporting, especially in states where government transparency is lacking.

The article focuses on the Los Angeles Lakers' struggles and LeBron James' efforts to lead the team, highlighting a recent 44-point loss and questioning whether James, despite his remarkable individual performance, can carry the Lakers to true contention.

The article focuses on the love story and journey of Shira Claudelle Catlin and Morgan Joan Keith, who met on Tinder and quickly became a couple.

The article reports on the incentive bonuses received by the top executives of passenger railroad services company Amtrak in fiscal year 2021 despite the company's lackluster financial performance and weak ridership caused by the pandemic. It discusses the aim of Amtrak to attract and retain talent through incentive compensation. Data shows a comparison of Amtrak's total bonus payouts from 2019 to 2021. Also noted is the link of payouts to customer satisfaction and pandemic recovery scores.

The article reports on the accomplishments of Chris Licht as president of Cable News Network (CNN) as of June 2022, including the prohibition of the "Breaking News" banner and snarky on-screen captions. Also cited are Licht's focus of reaching more audiences of different political views, and Licht's plan to revamp the Sunday night shows and introduce a long-form newsmagazine program.

The article focuses on the reversal of a policy that had barred Belarusian tennis players from participating in Wimbledon last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The article reports that Huge franchise fees and a seven-figure media deal for a new competition in India represent one of the biggest investments in women's sport, as reported by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the governing body of one of the sport's powerhouse nations.

The article reports on the delivery issues facing Peloton as orders of its luxury exercise products like treadmills and bikes continue to rise amidst the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. as of January 2021. Also cited are the comment of BMO Capital Markets' Simeon Siegel on Peloton's woes, and the move by Peloton to blame its delivery partners XPO Logistics and JB Hunt on its delivery failures.

The article presents information on Maine's two flags that symbolizes ideals; and mentions that the official one is Union blue with a state seal containing a farmer, a sailor, a pine tree, the North Star and the name of the state on a blue banner.

The article reports on the political banner allowed in St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City which denounces British governance of Northern Ireland counties.

The article discusses various activities carried out worldwide during International Women's Day. Women gathered at Puerta del Sol, Spain in the protests with pots and pans. The article reports students at Tsinghua University, China demonstrated with banners asking for constitutional amendment to cancel term limits and to remain President Xi Jinping in power.

The article reports on the annual Boston Marathon in Massachusetts to be held on April 20, 2015 which will start at Fenway Park. It states that the event honors the victims and survivors of the bombings at the event on April 15, 2013 that killed three spectators and wounded several others. It notes the annual observance announced by Mayor Martin J. Walsh called One Boston Day with the unveiling of banners at the site of the two bombings.

The article focuses on the use of aerial banners in expressing opinions in the U.S. It states that some banners were used to criticize New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and some were used by New York Jets football team fans calling for the firing of the team's general manager John Idzik. It adds that the banners were flown by Jersey Shore Aerial Advertising from the Central Jersey Regional Airport in Hillsborough, New Jersey.

The article focuses on how politics and poppy, the symbol of remembrance, dominate the match between England and Scotland national soccer teams during the World Cup qualifyng match at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

The article focuses on the use of tifo, the giant graphical display used by Americans to show their support to the U.S. men's national soccer team during the World Cup qualifying match against Mexico, that contains diplomacy after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was elected.

The article reports that Otto F. Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, who was arrested in North Korea for trying to steal a political banner from a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea apologized to Korean people for his crime in a government-arranged news conference in Pyongyang.

The author looks at how many rental tenants and owners of co-ops and condominiums are banned from displaying the American flag on national holidays. The article includes comments regarding the issue from Arthur I. Weinstein, vice president of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums. Weinstein states that many boards of directors seek to avoid being involved in arbitrarily deciding what displays are appropriate and which are not.

Describes the British "Back the Bid" advertisements depicting the efforts of London, England to be the host of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Display of promotional banners; Support of soccer player David Beckham and film actor Roger Moore; Insights of mayor Ken Livingstone on issues related to the city's intended hosting.

The article reports on a banner designed by Paul Britten to cover some part of the Plaza Hotel in New York City in 2013.

The article reports on the legal issues concerning the use of religious banners during football game in Texas. It cites the case of football team of Kountze High School in which cheerleaders carried religious banners, saying that the banners are form of free speech and religious expression protected by the Texas Constitution and Texas statutes. However, under a 2000 Supreme Court ruling in a Texas case, any kind of religious display at a public school event violate the First Amendment.

The article reports on the controversial decision of school superintendent Kevin Weldon to ban the district's cheerleaders from putting Bible verses on the banners they raise at the beginning of football games in Kountze, Texas. His decision has created anguish among religious groups and Christians. Weldon, a Protestant and former football coach, and the district were sued by a group of cheerleaders and their parents for banning the said biblical banners.

The article reports that Ken Armbrister, chief legislative aide of Texas Governor Rick Perry, has misinterpreted the plans of the state. It relates the announcement of Armbrister that the state is planning to join a lawsuit over high school cheerleaders bearing religious banners at football games in Kountze. It states that the plan is a political windfall and Armbrister should not make a public display of it.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the largest spaces in the world for the public viewing of art, goes to great lengths to advertise its shows, including draping huge banners in front of its ornate facade on Fifth Avenue. But on Monday, a new show will open there that museum officials want to keep as quiet as possible. They will not discuss it much publicly, and the only people allowed to attend are museum employees and their guests. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Beachgoers who flocked to the Rockaways and Coney Island on the Fourth of July were able to wash down their hot dogs with any size sugary drinks they desired. But an airborne banner carried above the city's beaches delivered a succinct message that those carefree days could be coming to an end: ''NO DRINK 4 U.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HONG KONG -- Huge crowds of protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon, hours after President Hu Jintao of China swore in a new chief executive and cabinet for the territory. Surging down broad avenues between high-rises in a central shopping district, the protesters marched toward two government office complexes carrying a variety of banners. A wide range of causes were represented, including greater democracy in Hong Kong and calls for better state pensions and day care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The resumption of Banner Day on Sunday comes with a proviso: the Mets reserve the right to deny access to the parade to anyone deemed to have an inappropriate banner. But just what is inappropriate? Foul language is obviously prohibited, but what about a banner that pokes fun at the Mets because of their entanglement with Bernard L. Madoff or their inability to re-sign Jose Reyes? Would those be considered inappropriate, too? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DHARAMSALA, India -- By Tuesday afternoon, posters of the man in flames were plastered along the narrow streets of this town adopted by Tibetan exiles. Monks, merchants and tourists stared. In the early evening, more than 200 people walked through the town center waving Tibetan flags and carrying banners that proclaimed Jamphel Yeshi, who died on Wednesday, a martyr. The shocking images of Mr. Yeshi's self-immolation in New Delhi on Monday have provided the Tibetan exile movement with a rallying point and an iconic expression of the anger and frustration that Tibetans suffer over Chinese rule. At least 29 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas of China since March 2011, and many have died. But Chinese security forces have clamped down across the plateau, so only a handful of the self-immolations have been recorded and transmitted, and only in grainy cellphone photographs or video. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium has wall-to-wall indoor carpeting, but it is not stretched out on the floor -- it is stretched across the rafters. The Blue Devils have hung so many nylon banners for their accomplishments in men's and women's basketball -- national championships, Atlantic Coast Conference championships, retired numbers and so on -- they had to use a laser-guided, three-dimensional mapping system to place each banner so none of them would obstruct views of the scoreboard or interfere with lighting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE banner hanging above the speaker at a TED conference on math instruction seemed to sum up the prevailing thinking: ''Stop teaching calculating. Start teaching math.'' Indeed, calculators have enabled a shift away from number crunching to, proponents say, more problem solving. Graphing calculators -- today, a titanium marvel that can do calculus, algebra, matrices, statistical functions and, of course, graphing -- have become standard in the classroom. And perhaps nowhere is their proliferation more evident than on exit and entrance exams. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GANGJEONG, South Korea -- Dozens of banners adorn this village on the southern coast of South Korea's southernmost major island, trumpeting anxieties that have invaded this otherwise idyllic community and divided it so deeply that residents say some fathers and sons have stopped talking to one another. ''Fight to the death against the American imperialists' anti-China naval base!'' says one banner. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In the latest crackdown on a form of protest that has been gathering strength in Belarus, the police arrested scores of people who were standing on sidewalks and clapping Wednesday, human rights groups said. The applauding protests began because authorities in President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko's government take more severe actions against traditional public political expression, like unfurling banners. The clapping protests are organized anonymously on social networking sites for Wednesday evenings and began last month. Some participants stand silently while others clap. Plainclothes police officers typically swoop in and grab those who applaud, sometimes roughing them up. Vesna, a Belarussian rights group, said the police detained about 150 clappers on Wednesday. After past protests, judges have sentenced clappers to 15 days in jail or a fine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HYATTSVILLE, Md. -- The new gym at DeMatha Catholic High is named for a Hall of Fame basketball coach and his wife, and its foyer is lined with championship banners for all the sports the school offers and usually dominates. On a recent afternoon, football players ran sprints under the gaze of coaches from Stanford, Virginia, West Virginia and Duke. About 75 steps away is a two-story brick building. It houses the one DeMatha program that might top them all. And buried beneath it is some of the evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEWARK -- Kentucky measures success based on the banners hanging from Rupp Arena. And there is a reason none of them are for conference championships or N.C.A.A. tournament appearances. National titles, seven in all, are the only form of currency there. Those lofty expectations seemed incongruous by the end of the Tubby Smith era and during Billy Gillispie's two-year stay as coach. Kentucky's last Final Four appearance was in 1998. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NEWARK -- If he was looking for a big, bold welcome, Deron Williams got it Monday night, from a familiar image gracing a downtown facade, in a city he hardly knew. A 65-by-45-foot banner featuring Williams, in motion, in his new Nets jersey, hung from the Best Western Robert Treat Hotel, not far from Prudential Center, Williams's new home. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Scattered throughout the campus of Stony Brook University are red banners proclaiming, ''Welcome to Seawolves Country.'' The banners are two years old and echo a marketing campaign that began in 2005. But never before has the territorial stake been so broad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LAVEEN, Ariz. -- Don't tread on Andy C. McDonel. This year, Mr. McDonel began flying a yellow ''Don't Tread on Me'' flag on his roof in this unincorporated area just outside Phoenix. The historic banner -- which dates to 1775, when it was hoisted aboard ships during the initial days of the Revolutionary War -- has been adopted by the Tea Party movement. But Mr. McDonel said that he had unfurled the flag for its historical significance and nothing else. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Polish Cultural Ministry, in an effort to save face after the embarrassing theft eight days ago of the infamous ''Arbeit macht frei'' metal banner that hung over the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, has said it will help pay for more security at the site. Bogdan Zdrojewski, the culture minister, said late Wednesday that the government would contribute about $138,000 after a furor over the lack of security at the camp, which covers over 500 acres. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Outside, in the sharp wintry light that makes you squint when the No. 1 train pops out of the tunnel past 122nd Street, the banners were still flying high. Among them was the one that reads, ''Stop Columbia! We Won't Be Pushed Out!'' Inside, in the softer, dimmer light of an office that has 10 lights in the ceiling but no windows, Nicholas Sprayregen was working his way through an in-box suddenly filled with e-mail messages from people he did not know. ''Thank you for standing up and fighting to keep the American dream alive,'' one wrote. Another said, ''It's like David versus Goliath, and you're David.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A RED and yellow banner hangs proudly in the reception area at Antonella's, the Italian outpost on Village Plaza in downtown South Orange. It is the flag of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, showing the stern, sword-and-Bible-wielding winged lion that symbolizes that city's patron saint, the Apostle Mark. Antonella and Carlo Canziani have earned the right to fly that flag. Mr. Canziani, 48, was born in Brooklyn, but his parents returned to their native Venice when he was a boy. That's where he met Antonella Ravagnan; they were 8 years old, he told me the other day, ''and I stole her bike, and she screamed at me in Italian.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Throngs of Indian Muslims, ranging from Bollywood actors to skullcap-wearing seminary students, marched through the heart of Mumbai and several other cities on Sunday, holding up banners proclaiming their condemnation of terrorism and loyalty to the Indian state. The protests, though relatively small, were the latest in a series of striking public gestures by Muslims -- who have often come under suspicion after past attacks -- to defensively dissociate their own grievances as a minority here from any sort of sympathy for terrorism or radical politics in the wake of the deadly assault here that ended Nov. 29. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On a Bekaa Valley playing field gilded by late-afternoon sun, hundreds of young men wearing Boy Scout-style uniforms and kerchiefs stand rigidly at attention as a military band plays, its marchers bearing aloft the distinctive yellow banner of Hezbollah, the militant Shiite movement. They are adolescents -- 17 or 18 years old -- but they have the stern faces of adult men, lightly bearded, some of them with dark spots in the center of their foreheads from bowing down in prayer. Each of them wears a tiny picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite cleric who led the Iranian revolution, on his chest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AN American flag that flew over Stonington during an 1814 British naval attack and is believed to be older than the Star-Spangled Banner is being placed in storage because there is not enough money to restore it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information about the St. Patrick's Day parade that was held in New York City in March 17, 2007. In the parade, a controversy regarding the place of the Fire Department of New York in the parade took place. The marchers of the Fire Department were moved from the front of the parade to the middle. It was because in the 2006 parade, the fire fighters delayed the start while unfolding a banner thanking New York for hurricane help.

The article reports that artists and designers of different levels took part in a project in Manhattan and created beautiful and thought-provoking banners with tree as a theme.