The popular AFI 100 Years … series, which ran from 1998 to 2008, and created jury-selected lists of America ’ s best movies in categories including Musicals, Laughs and Thrills, drove new generations to experience classic American films.

* 1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor and director ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1935 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 2005 – Caylee Anthony, American murder victim ( d. 2008 )

American Samoa has a total of 241 km of highways ( estimated in 2008 ).

* 1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach ( d. 2008 )

* 1918 – Larry Haines, American actor ( d. 2008 )

* 1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic ( d. 2008 )

* 2008 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster ( b. 1939 )

* 2008 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter ( The Tarriers and The Rooftop Singers ) ( b. 1933 )

* 1927 – Edie Adams, American actress ( d. 2008 )

* 1933 – Ike Pappas, American journalist ( d. 2008 )

* 1979 – Sean Costello, American singer and musician ( d. 2008 )

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* Adrian Kantrowitz ( 1918 – 2008 ), American cardiac surgeon

* 1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player ( d. 2008 )

The American Stock Exchange merged with the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE Euronext ) on October 1, 2008.

* 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

* 1939 – Skip Caray, American sportscaster ( d. 2008 )

* 1925 – Judy Grable, American wrestler ( d. 2008 )

* 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor ( d. 2008 )

* 1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director ( d. 2008 )

* 1915 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator ( d. 2008 )

* 1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright ( d. 2008 )

* In the 2008 HBO television movie Recount, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris ( portrayed by Laura Dern ) compares herself to Queen Esther, of whom she says " was willing to sacrifice herself to save the lovely Jewish people.

* Webberley, Helen Rembrandt and The Purim Story, in The Jewish Magazine, Feb 2008,

* Translated ( 2008 ) as Jewish Stories of Prague, Jewish Prague in History and Legend.

In fact, “ Luke perceives himself to be a Jew .” Finally, Rebecca Denova concludes her book with these words: “ Luke-Acts, we may conclude on the basis of a narrative-critical reading, was written by a Jew to persuade other Jews that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah of Scripture and that the words of the prophets concerning ‘ restoration ’ have been ‘ fulfilled .’” Finally it should be noted that Strelan in 2008 not only concluded that Theophilus was Jewish but also that Luke was a priest.

In September 2008, Vasilyev reported findings in Samosdelka that he thought represented a medieval Jewish capital.

The house of the Zamenhof family, dedicated to Ludwik Zamenhof and the Białystok Esperanto Centre, are sites of the Jewish Heritage Trail in Białystok, which was opened in June 2008 by volunteers at The University of Białystok Foundation.

It is the fastest growing Jewish youth movement, and in 2008 celebrates its 20th Birthday.

A special conference of scholars on Pius XII on the 50th anniversary of his death was held in Rome on 15 – 17 September 2008, by Pave the Way Foundation, a nonsectarian organization founded by Gary Krupp, a Jewish American, which promotes interfaith cooperation.

The revisions resulted in a rebuke from the major Jewish denominations in a June 13, 2008 letter to the head of the PCUSA and a similar condemnation in the form of a statement from the denominations and ten other organizations.

A 2007 poll commissioned by the Center Against Racism ( 2008 ) found a worsening of Jewish citizens ' perceptions of their Arab counterparts: For instance, 75 % of Israeli Jews would not agree to live in a building with Arab residents, 60 % would not accept any Arab visitors at their homes, 40 % believed that Arabs should be stripped of their right to vote, and 59 % believe that the culture of Arabs is primitive.

In The Barber in Modern Jewish Culture ( 2008 ).

On December 11, 2008, Moshe Nahari, a Jewish teacher, was murdered in a market in Raidah, home to one of the last Jewish communities in Yemen.

* The Torah: Jewish and Samaritan versions compared ( Hebrew Edition, December 2008 ).

On 3 November 2008 the party announced a merger with the National Union, the National Religious Party and Tkuma to form a new right-wing party, later named the Jewish Home.

However, the Jewish community still voted en masse for the Democratic party, and most recently in the 2004 presidential election 74 % voted for Democratic candidate John Kerry, and in the 2008 election 78 % voted for President Barack Obama.

In March 2008 the Jewish community of Frankfurt celebrated its first Torah dedication since the Holocaust.

In 2008, Washington visited Israel with a delegation of African American artists in honor of the Jewish state's 60th birthday.

Late in 2008, Schreiber portrayed Jewish resistance fighter, Zus Bielski in the film Defiance, alongside Daniel Craig.

Dothan hosts a Reform Jewish synagogue, Temple Emanu-El, which became nationally famous when they offered Jewish families as much as $ 50, 000 to relocate to Dothan in 2008.

The Jewish delicatessen Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House at 172nd Street and Collins Avenue closed in 2008 after operating at that location since 1954.

Since 2008 he has been a member of the Board of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation Council, co-chairing its task force on Serving the Vulnerable.

* The Jewish Approach to Repairing the World ( Tikkun Olam ): A Brief Introduction for Christians ( with Cory Willson )( Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008 ).