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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.

By David B. Green | Jun 18, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 17, 2013 | 09:46 AM | 3

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.

By David B. Green | Jun 16, 2013 | 10:36 AM | 2

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.

By David B. Green | Jun 14, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 13, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 12, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 11, 2013 | 08:24 PM

Donuts are displayed at the new Dunkin' Donuts store in DLF Place in New Delhi, India

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.

By David B. Green | Jun 10, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 9, 2013 | 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.

By David B. Green | Jun 7, 2013 | 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.'

By David B. Green | Jun 6, 2013 | 09:02 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 / Jackie's 40th birthday bash: Dancing to the (Turkish) music

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 11:50 AM

Someone Else's Simcha / Daniel and Zehava's wedding - Getting it right, for good

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 07:06 PM

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

By Ron Ben-Tovim | 01:00 PM

On Root

On Root / Calling the fink phone using the Holy Tongue

By Jeremy Benstein | 08:30 AM

On Root / Peace be unto the schlemiels

By Jeremy Benstein | 08:21 AM

On Root / How now, dead cow: Are you kosher?

By Jeremy Benstein | 06:18 PM