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This Day in Jewish History

This day in Jewish history / The rebbe who met with Freud

Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Lubavitcher rebbe who is credited with initiating Chabad's focus on outreach, traveled to Vienna to consult with Sigmund Freud. On this day in 1920, Schneersohn died.

By David B. Green | Mar 21, 2013 | 09:35 AM

This day in Jewish history / The premiere of 'Rhapsody in Blue'
By David B. Green
This day in Jewish history / Extra, Extra! Yiddish newspaper prints!
By David B. Green
This day in Jewish history / An artist who saw minority children is born
By David B. Green | 1

A gallery worker walks past Seagram murals by Russian-born American painter Mark Rothko.

This day in Jewish history / Artist Mark Rothko is found dead

The painter, who barely had a formal art education yet made it into some of the world's greatest museums, committed suicide in 1970.

By David B. Green | Feb 25, 2013 | 09:50 AM

This day in Jewish history / A New Zealand premier is born

Julius Vogel rejected all setbacks, worked tirelessly to advance the Kiwi cause and had a vision of women running the world.

By David B. Green | Feb 24, 2013 | 09:40 AM | 4

This day in Jewish history / Rashi is born

Be he descendent of King David or not, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki's light on sacred writings continues to guide Jewish scholars to this day.

By David B. Green | Feb 22, 2013 | 10:13 AM

This day in Jewish history / 'Mademoiselle Rachel,' a French drama queen on and off stage, is born

Elisa-Rachel Felix, the daughter of French Jewish peddlers, defied society's expectations but won its love and respect regardless.

By David B. Green | Feb 21, 2013 | 09:14 AM

This day in Jewish history / He would save the Jews by saving the world: A human rights warrior dies

Rene Cassin believed that Jews can't be safe until general human rights for all are established. He got a Nobel prize for his efforts to achieve that very end.

By David B. Green | Feb 20, 2013 | 09:08 AM

Women gather at a Tupperware home party in 1958.

This day in Jewish history / Betty Friedan's 'The Feminine Mystique' is published

Betty Friedan's groundbreaking book challenged the conventional wisdom that a woman's place was in the home.

By David B. Green | Feb 19, 2013 | 08:31 AM

This day in Jewish history / Robert Oppenheimer, a father of the Bomb, dies

Upon seeing his invention in action, the brilliant, and by all accounts insufferable, physicist felt: 'I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' Truman was revolted by his remorse.

By David B. Green | Feb 18, 2013 | 09:13 AM

This day in Jewish history / Congress gets its first Jewish lady

Florence Prag Kahn replaced her deceased husband and went on to make a mark of her own over the next decade.

By David B. Green | Feb 17, 2013 | 10:17 AM

This day in Jewish history / Birthday of graphic artist Art Spiegelman

The Pulitzer Prize-winning artist is best known for his masterpiece 'Maus,' the graphic novel that depicts the Holocaust and its effect on survivors.

By David B. Green | Feb 15, 2013 | 09:20 AM | 2

This day in Jewish history / A Valentine's Day massacre in Alzace

The Black Death, sweeping Europe in the 14th century, provided an excuse for the citizens of Strasbourg to unleash their anti-Semitism.

By David B. Green | Feb 14, 2013 | 06:57 AM | 2

Double Take

African migrants looking through the fence at the Egyptian-Israeli border on August 4, 2012.

Double Take / African asylum seekers out of the spolight but not in the clear

By Joel Greenberg | 08:39 AM

Double Take / A month after Gaza war, Hamas still rides a wave of popularity

By Joel Greenberg | 07:22 AM | 4

Double Take / The politics of potholes in East Jerusalem

By Joel Greenberg | 09:41 AM

Someone Else's Simcha

Someone Else's Simcha / Amit and Nili's wedding - Don't stop believing

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 06:29 PM

Someone Else's Simcha / Sharon Shaya's bat mitzvah – Logging off long enough to grow up

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 06:33 PM

Someone Else's Simcha / Pnina and Yitzhak's 50th anniversary – Indian love, set in gold

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 01:56 PM

On Root

Keep the pita, lose the hummus and pickles for Passover.

On Root / In search of breadcrumbs, oxygen and pickles

By Jeremy Benstein | 07:41 PM

On Root / How 'Europe' and 'Maghreb' both come from Hebrew

By Jeremy Benstein | 12:08 PM | 4

On Root / Cowboys home on the Israeli range at dawn

By Jeremy Benstein | 12:27 PM