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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'
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This day in Jewish history / Extra, Extra! Yiddish newspaper prints!
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This day in Jewish history / An artist who saw minority children is born
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This day in Jewish history / A profound Zionist and Hadassah founder dies

A lifelong teacher ahead of her time in ignoring orthodoxy, Henrietta Szold was buried in the land she had devoted her life to improving.

By David B. Green | Feb 13, 2013 | 10:02 AM | 3

This day in Jewish history / The premiere of 'Rhapsody in Blue'

A 25-year-old George Gershwin scrambled to write 'Rhapsody in Blue' in just a few weeks. It would go on to become one of the most popular and recognizable tunes of the 20th century.

By David B. Green | Feb 11, 2013 | 11:31 AM

This day in Jewish history / A heavyweight boxing champ is born

With his devastating punch, Max Baer could have been one of the greatest fighters of all time, but for Baer, boxing was just a way to make a living. After he retired, he tried his luck as a movie star.

By David B. Green | Feb 11, 2013 | 08:13 AM

This day in Jewish history / Stella Adler, teacher to the stars, is born

Adler's inspiring teaching influenced some of the 20th century's most acclaimed actors.

By David B. Green | Feb 10, 2013 | 09:22 AM

This day in Jewish history / Philosopher Martin Buber is born

Buber was shunned by some Orthodox for his lax approach to Jewish law, by some Reform Jews for his promotion of Hasidism, and by many Jews for his reconciliatory attitude to the Arabs.

By David B. Green | Feb 8, 2013 | 09:44 AM

This day in Jewish history / Hungarian Jews receive protection

A commission to study the situation of Hungarian Jews convened on this day in 1791 following a decree by the king that their situation should not worsen.

By David B. Green | Feb 7, 2013 | 09:42 AM

This Day in Jewish History / Death of a Nobel chemist

Max Perutz, hooked on science, broke free from his textile manufacturing destiny because 'mankind would suffer an incalculable loss if I failed to win the Nobel Prize.'

By David B. Green | Feb 6, 2013 | 09:41 AM

This day in Jewish history / World Jewry responds to French-instigated blood libel in Damascus

A delegation of Jews got the pasha to release Jews who were arrested and tortured for allegedly murdering a Franciscan Capuchin monk under orders of the French consul, but the charges were never dropped.

By David B. Green | Feb 5, 2013 | 08:41 AM

This day in Jewish history / A controversial financier hangs

Joseph Suess Oppenheimer, adviser and confidant of Duke Karl Alexander of Stuttgart, Germany, rejects conversion and gets the gallows in 1738.

By David B. Green | Feb 4, 2013 | 08:49 AM

This day in Jewish history / A U.S. Army chaplain makes the ultimate sacrifice

Rabbi Alexander D. Goode gave up his life vest to save soldiers after their vessel was struck by a German torpedo in 1944.

By David B. Green | Feb 3, 2013 | 07:20 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