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"Judah Moscato ( 1530 – 1593) was an Italian rabbi, poet, and philosopher of the sixteenth century; born at Osimo, near Ancona; died at Mantua. As harassment of Jews in the Pontifical States worsened under Paul IV from 1555, Judah went to the home of his kinsman Minzi Beretaro at Mantua, where he enjoyed the society and instruction of the foremost Jews of his time, the brothers Moses, David, and Judah Provençal and Azariah dei Rossi. In 1587 he became chief rabbi of Mantua. Moscato was a true child of the Renaissance, well versed in the classical languages and literatures and in sympathy with their spirit. Like many of his contemporaries, he believed that the ancient civilization and all the languages of culture were derived from Judaism and that it was the duty of the Jews to acquire these branches of knowledge, of which they had once been masters. He was widely read, especially in philosophy; and again like his contemporaries, although an admirer of Judah ha-Levi and Maimonides, he was an enthusiastic student of the Cabala. Moscato published, under the title Nefuẓot Yehudah (Venice, 1588; Lemberg, 1859), fifty-two sermons,which inaugurated a new epoch in homiletic literature. Most of these were delivered in Hebrew or in Italian; and while they observe the rules of rhetoric they deal with their subjects naturally and without forced exegesis. His other printed work, Ḳol Yehuda (Venice, 1594), was the first commentary on the "Cuzari" of Judah ha-Levi. Since this fact would at once secure for it a wide circulation, the rabbis Cividali and Saraval of Mantua urged him to publish it. It appeared posthumously, and since then has always been printed together with the "Cuzari." Moscato wrote poetry also, especially elegies on the deaths of friends and scholars, including one on the death of Joseph Caro. Three of his elegies, on the death of Duchess Margherita of Savoy (d. 1574), have recently become known. Here is an excerpt from Rabbi Moscato's book Kol Yehuda: References * *Zunz, G. V. p. 446; *idem, Literaturgesch. p. 419; *Abba Apfelbaum, Sefer Toledot R. Yehudah Moscato, Drohobicz, 1900. Category:Italian Jews Category:1530s births Category:1590s deaths Category:16th-century Italian rabbis "
"The International Community School of Addis Ababa (ICS Addis, ), founded in 1964, is an early childhood through grade 12 school in Ethiopia. The school is located in Addis Ababa. The school has an enrollment of nearly 1,000 students from over 67 nations. ICS Addis has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1992. The school was accredited again in December 2014. ICS Addis has been authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Program (IBDP) since March 1982. ICS Addis is located on a 15-acre (61,000m2) tract. The sports facility of the school includes among others a 300-meter track dedicated to Haile Gebreselassie and a newly launched multipurpose sports pavilion luxuriously sitting on an area of 2,700 square meters. The Early Childhood area, also called Little Eagles’ Nest is on a separate campus right next to the main campus. The New Classroom Building (NCB), entirely dedicated for the middle school, equipped with classrooms and laboratories themed with the 21st century personalized, hub model of learning was also launched in June 2017. Image:ICSAA_campus_2.jpgLibrary Lawn and Tukel Image:ICSAA_campus_3.jpgLockers Image:ICSAA_campus_4.jpgInternational Day 2007 Image:ICSAA_Secondary_Library_2009.jpgMS/HS Library Image:ICS_2009_graduates.jpgClass of 2009 Image:ICS_MS_lockers.jpgMS locker area Programs ICS Addis follows a college-preparatory American curriculum model, and the program is divided into four sections: early childhood (EC3-EC4), elementary (K-5), middle (6-8) and high school (9-12). The school offers an American high school diploma to all graduates who meet graduation requirements. Almost 100% of the graduates enter higher education immediately after graduation, and 85% of the graduates attend colleges and universities in the US and Canada. Many students also pursue the IB Diploma (International Baccalaureate). The school is the only testing center for the SAT in the city, but does not offer the TOEFL. The after-school program includes sports at all age levels, drama, clubs, activities and community service opportunities. Sports teams at several age levels participate in a local league with other international and national schools. Boys and girls varsity soccer, volleyball and basketball teams also participate in the International Schools of Southern and Eastern Africa(ISSEA) league, with seven other international schools from Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa. Students of the middle and high school go on four- or five-night grade level field trips to areas of Ethiopia/ overseas, in support of the science or history curricula. However, domestic trips have been cancelled for 3 years, as of 2017, with the school administration citing safety concerns. Philosophy The school is in a PLC (Professional Learning Community) journey towards becoming certified as a PLC Exemplar School. The collaborative planning in all areas of the education is guided by the four essential PLC questions: Q1: What is it that we want our kids to know and be able to do? Q2: How will we know they know it? Q3: What will we do if they don't know it? Q4 What will we do if they already know it? With this, the school is aiming to become a highly effective, learning progressive school in which students gain solid, conceptual understanding of subject areas while maintaining the high achievement in local and international standards. ICS is led by global thought leaders in education. The head of school, Dr. Timothy Stuart, is one of the most prominent leaders in Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and personalized learning. ICS Addis has started a PLC journey of personalizing learning in which all students learn at high levels while their individual needs are met professionally. With this, the school hosted the first ever PLC at Work® institute in Africa organized by Solution Tree in October 2018. The event was held for three days (11-13 October 2018) and brought educators and global leaders in education like Dr. Anthony Muhammad and Tom Schimmer. Admissions Admission is based upon completed application forms, previous school records and results from previous or current academic testing as required by the professional staff. Placement tests at the time of application assist admissions and placement decisions. ICS does not offer part-time, partial or correspondence programs. Events Scholarship program Since the early 1990s, ICS Addis has offered four 4-year scholarships every year to rising ninth graders from schools throughout Addis Ababa. The scholarships are need-blind and are based on merit. The selection process begins in March/April with applications from the top students from public and private middle schools around the city. Applicants are taken through a rigorous process that includes a 3-hour written test, student and parent interviews. The Scholarship Club hosts an Ethiopian Food Sale once or twice every year. The sale includes the traditional foods of Ethiopia; both fasting and non-fasting. Besides the food sale, the Scholarship Club also hosts a garage sale every year. These are funding programs, created to help the Scholarship Club financially. Many of the ICS scholarship students go on to win full scholarships at universities in the USA. In the past, ICS Scholarship Students have been awarded four-year scholarships to Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Vassar, Davidson, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Duke and Amherst to name a few. Governance The school is governed by a nine-member hybrid Board of Governors. Two members are elected for two-year terms by the ICS Addis Parent Association, six members are appointed by the Board for four-year terms and one member is appointed by the US Ambassador. Alumni * The address to the ICS Addis alumni link is https://sites.google.com/icsaddis.edu.et/alumnilink *Scanned copies of yearbooks from the school's early years are available from Lee Miller at US Mapping Mission. =Notable alumni= *Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen, lawyer and member of the Ethiopian imperial family *Rediet Abebe, computer scientist and Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows See also * List of international schools * List of schools in Ethiopia References External links * School website * ICS page on the US State Department's directory of overseas schools * ICS page on the IBO website Category:Schools in Addis Ababa Category:Educational institutions established in 1966 Category:International schools in Ethiopia Category:International Baccalaureate schools Category:1966 establishments in Ethiopia "
"Akulivik () (2016 population 633) is an Inuit village in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. It is located on a peninsula that juts southwesterly into Hudson Bay across from Smith Island (Qikirtajuaq). Akulivik lies 1,850 km north of Montreal. Akulivik, meaning "central prong of a kakivak" in the Nunavik dialect of Inuktitut, takes its name from the surrounding geography. Located on a peninsula between two bays, the area evokes the shape of a kakivak, a traditional, trident-shaped spear used for fishing. Telephone and internet are furnished by satellite. There is no hospital, but a clinic staffed by nurses provides non-critical care; otherwise air ambulances are available. Policing is done by the Kativik Regional Police Force. History Akulivik was incorporated as a community in 1976. The Inuit have lived in the area for thousands of years. In 1610, the explorer Henry Hudson passed by the island of Qikirtajuaq near present-day Akulivik. In 1922, the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post on the site of today's settlement. The outpost was moved to the island of Qikirtajuaq in 1926. Between 1922 and 1955, the area where Akulivik is located today was the summer camp of Inuit who congregated around the trading post. In 1952, the post was closed, forcing the families to move to Puvirnituq, 100 km to the south. In 1973, one family moved back to the area. The following year, many others followed and, together, they built the village of Akulivik. On June 11, 2017, a resident named Illutak Anautak broke into three homes and stabbed five people, killing three and critically injuring two, among them a 10-year-old child. Anautak was shot and killed by police when attempting to break into a fourth home. His motives were unclear. Education The Kativik School Board operates the Tukisiniarvik School."Our Schools." Kativik School Board. Retrieved on September 23, 2017. The Tukisiniarvik School has 167 students in classes from Kindergarten to Secondary V (Grade 11). Inuktitut remains the dominant language of the community. As in all the communities of Nunavik, Inuktitut is also the language of instruction at school until grade 3, at which point students choose between English or French as the language of instruction, and continue to study Inuktitut language and Inuit culture as separate subjects. Transportation Inaccessible by road, Akulivik is served by the small Akulivik Airport - AKV. Ice starts to form in late September and stays until late July, when the Bay becomes navigable. Large items are delivered by ship, including in building supplies, snowmobiles and gasoline, as well as a year's supply of diesel fuel for the town generator. Thrice-weekly air service brings cargo including food and services to Akulivik. References Further reading * Kaminski, Gregory. Operations Report of the Research on Lake Isurqutuuq Near Akulivik, Eastern Hudson Bay, Northern Quebec, 1994. [Quebec]: Kuujjuaq Research Centre, 1994. * Makivik Corporation, and Administration régionale de Kativik (Quebec). The Life History and Subsistence Use of Arctic Charr in Northern Quebec, with Case Studies in Payne Bay, Akulivik, & George River. [Kuujjuaq, Quebec]: Kativik Regional Government, Hunter Support Program, 1981. * The Way We Live Sculptures by Levi Alasuak from Akulivik. Mississauga, Ont: Tuttavik, 1988. External links *Website of the village of Akulivik *Website of the Kativik Regional Police Force *Demographic and other information from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada *Akulivik, Quebec's population info Category:Inuit communities in Quebec Category:Populated places on Hudson Bay Category:Road-inaccessible communities of Quebec "