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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 great Zionist mind dies young

Ber Borochov, the socialist-Zionist theoretician and political leader, passed away in 1917, long before his Zionist dreams became a reality.

By David B. Green | Dec 17, 2012 | 09:36 AM

This day in Jewish history / Jewish-American woman becomes president of Guyana

Janet Rosenberg Jagan was born in Chicago but would go on to play a pivotal role in the development of the South American nation of Guyana. On this day, she became the country's sixth president.

By David B. Green | Dec 16, 2012 | 09:07 AM | 3

This day in Jewish history / Dreyfus's widow dies

Lucie Dreyfus’s letters to her 'darling Fred' sustained him through his painful ordeal, as did the knowledge that she had shielded their children from the case.

By David B. Green | Dec 14, 2012 | 09:47 AM

This day in Jewish history / A false messiah burns at the stake

Raised as a Catholic son of conversos, Solomon Molcho decided he was the Jewish Messiah, and opted to die for his beliefs rather than recant.

By David B. Green | Dec 13, 2012 | 09:59 AM

This day in Jewish history / Isaac Leeser, towering figure of 19th century U.S. Judaism, is born

Leeser was a prolific teacher, author, translator and leader of the 'regeneration' of American Judaism in the mid-1800s.

By David B. Green | Dec 12, 2012 | 09:24 AM

Paley joined a younger generation of Americans in opposing the Vietnam War.

This Day in Jewish History / Grace Paley, N.Y. Jewish writer and activist is born

Grace Paley used her mastery of and passion for the English language on behalf of many of the progressive causes of the 20th century.

By David B. Green | Dec 11, 2012 | 09:57 AM

This day in Jewish history / Scientist wins Nobel, breaks glass ceiling

Gerty Theresa Cori worked for decades side by side with her husband on research that became important in the treatment of diabetes. On this day, they shared a Nobel Prize.

By David B. Green | Dec 10, 2012 | 07:10 AM | 4

This day in Jewish history / A finance tycoon is born

Mark Goldmann changed his name to Marcus Goldman and went on to found Goldman Sachs.

By David B. Green | Dec 9, 2012 | 09:02 AM

This day in Jewish history / Satmar Hasidism founder is saved

On December 7, 1944, the train carrying Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, founder of the Satmar Hasidic dynasty, departed Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on the so-called Kastner Train.

By David B. Green | Dec 7, 2012 | 09:51 AM

This day in Jewish history / Col. Klink of 'Hogan's Heroes' dies

Actor Werner Klemperer was born in Germany to a Jewish father and fled as the Nazis rose to power. That didn't stop him from portraying a comical German commander on the hit TV show 'Hogan's Heroes.'

By David B. Green | Dec 6, 2012 | 08:30 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 / 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