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This Day in Jewish History
This day in Jewish history / The British army officer with a Zionist heart dies
John Henry Patterson led Jewish soldiers in battle in World War I but is perhaps best known for his adventures with two man-eating lions in Kenya.
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David B. Green
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Jun 18, 2013
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09:27 AM
This day in Jewish history / Paris is burning...Talmuds
An apostate Jew started the process that led to a bonfire consuming 24 wagons piled with copies of the multi-volume work.
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David B. Green
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Jun 17, 2013
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09:46 AM
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This day in Jewish history / The murder of Chaim Arlosoroff
The mystery of who assassinated this pre-state leader of the Zionist movement remains unresolved.
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David B. Green
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Jun 16, 2013
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10:36 AM
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This day in Jewish history / The Germans take Paris, but Curious George's creators escape
When Hans and Margret Rey fled the Germans, they took with them the first pages of what would become the popular children's series about a mischievous monkey.
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David B. Green
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Jun 14, 2013
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09:17 AM
This day in Jewish history / A banker outs American anti-Semitism
When prominent banker Joseph Seligman was denied entrance to a hotel for being Jewish, he turned the rejection into a major public debate.
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David B. Green
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Jun 13, 2013
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10:00 AM
This day in Jewish history / Birth of a Mad man
Dave Berg provided the lighter side of the satirical Mad magazine for over 40 years.
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David B. Green
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Jun 12, 2013
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09:07 AM
This day in Jewish history / An assassination sparks a pogrom
A police chief remembered as benevolent to Bialystok's Jews said a pogrom would take place only over his dead body. That is precisely what happened.
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David B. Green
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Jun 11, 2013
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08:24 PM
This day in Jewish history / Dunkin' Donuts' founder is born
William Rosenberg established the Open Kettle doughnut shop in Quincy, Massachusetts, which later became the famous franchise.
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David B. Green
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Jun 10, 2013
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09:04 AM
This day in Jewish history / The madam of the Mob dies
Polly Adler morphed from an abused factory worker to the celebrated proprietor of one of New York's most popular bordellos in the 1930s.
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David B. Green
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Jun 9, 2013
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08:56 AM
This day in Jewish history / A queen's doctor is executed for treason
Denying all to the last, the secret Jew Rodrigo Lopez was convicted, hung, drawn and quartered for conspiring to poison Elizabeth I.
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David B. Green
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Jun 7, 2013
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10:20 AM
This day in Jewish history / The Socialist congressman who defeated Tammany Hall dies
After defeating the corrupt New York machine, Meyer London declared his intention, in Yiddish, to 'represent an entirely different type of Jew.'
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David B. Green
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Jun 6, 2013
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