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This Day in Jewish History

This day in Jewish history / The Rambam comes to Israel

Moses ben Maimon, known better as Maimonides or the Rambam, was born in Spain and died in Egypt, but along the way he spent a brief sojourn in the ancient Israeli city of Acre.

By David B. Green | May 23, 2013 | 07:27 AM

This day in Jewish history / Theodor Herzl finishes his novel 'Old-New Land'
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This day in Jewish history / Violent public penance for secret Spanish Jews
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This day in Jewish history / Bob Dylan lays down his first track
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This day in Jewish history / Creator of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps dies

Emanuel Heilbronner, a self-styled doctor, left Germany for the U.S. and created the Castile soaps that come with moral messages on the bottle.

By David B. Green | Mar 7, 2013 | 02:16 PM

This day in Jewish history / Julius and Ethel Rosenberg go on trial for espionage

The Jewish duo from New York was tried for passing military technology to the Soviets throughout the 1940s; they were put to death in 1953.

By David B. Green | Mar 6, 2013 | 09:30 AM | 7

Religious Zionist pioneers found Kibbutz Ein HaNatziv, 1946.

This day in Jewish history / Religious Zionist Mizrachi movement is founded

The movement aimed to infuse the largely secular political movement founded by Theodor Herzl with a Torah-based spirit.

By David B. Green | Mar 5, 2013 | 09:31 AM

This day in Jewish history / Murderer and racketeer Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter gets the chair

Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter was a key figure in two criminal organizations, the National Crime Syndicate and Murder Incorporated.

By David B. Green | Mar 4, 2013 | 09:28 AM

This day in Jewish history / Birth of an Orthodox rabbi who let the 20th century in

Can a man sit next to, and in direct contact with, a woman on the subway? How about drinking milk produced on a Gentile American farm? Asked, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein would answer.

By David B. Green | Mar 3, 2013 | 09:02 AM | 3

This day in Jewish history / Extra, Extra! Yiddish newspaper prints!

The first issue of Yiddishe Zeitung (Jewish Times) hit newsstands in New York City on this day in 1870.

By David B. Green | Mar 1, 2013 | 08:12 AM

This day in Jewish history / Prussian-born Texas businessman and philanthropist dies

Morris Lasker built an impressive business empire in early 20th century Texas and was generous with his wealth. His son, Albert, became a founder of modern advertising in America.

By David B. Green | Feb 28, 2013 | 07:46 AM

This Day in Jewish History / A German Jewish feminist is born

Bertha Pappenheim, who served as a psychoanalytic case study for Freud, went on to found and lead the 50,000-strong League of Jewish Women

By David B. Green | Feb 27, 2013 | 08:55 AM

This day in Jewish history / Levi Strauss, blue jeans pioneer, is born

Bavarian-born Jew Loeb Strauss moved to California in 1853 to set up a branch of his family's dry-goods business, and ended up revolutionizing fashion.

By David B. Green | Feb 26, 2013 | 08:57 AM

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

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 / Yoel and Dvorah's engagement party - Pleased to meet you, I'm sure

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 01:00 PM

Someone Else's Simcha / Princess Leah Golovey's simchat bat

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 04:19 PM

Someone Else's Simcha / Independence Day at Yozma kindergartens - Bring-your-soldier-to-school day

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 01:25 PM

On Root

On Root / How a word for religious faith turned into a refrigerator

By Jeremy Benstein | 09:44 AM

On Root / What postcards, incest, and revelation have in common

By Jeremy Benstein | 04:45 PM

On Root / In a pickle about Israel's occupation

By Jeremy Benstein | 08:51 AM