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This Day in Jewish History

This day in Jewish history / A 14th-century neighborhood watch begins

In response to groups of slaughter-hungry marauders intent on murdering Jews, the Bishop of Strasbourg formed a local band to track down the perpetrators.

By David B. Green | May 17, 2013 | 05:00 AM

Taylor in the 1959 film 'Suddenly Last Summer.'

This Day in Jewish History / Elizabeth Taylor converts to Judaism

The film icon became a public advocate of Jewish causes, once going so far as to offer to take the place of the Israeli hostages of the Air France flight hijacked to Uganda.

By David B. Green | Mar 27, 2013 | 10:06 AM

Horsedrawn fire engines en route to the fire.

This day in Jewish history / Fire breaks out at New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

The worst industrial disaster in New York City's history took the lives of many Jewish and Italian immigrants, and led to a massive overhaul in the city's labor laws.

By David B. Green | Mar 25, 2013 | 09:31 AM

This day in Jewish history / A pre-modern celebrity: rabbi, scholar and gambling man

Leon of Modena possessed a fascinating combination of social distinction, erudition, intellectual nimbleness and striking weakness of character.

By David B. Green | Mar 24, 2013 | 09:00 AM

This day in Jewish history / The officer who made waves in the Navy

Uriah Levy is remembered for his campaign to end flogging in the service, for his struggle against anti-Semitism and for his philanthropy.

By David B. Green | Mar 22, 2013 | 09:29 AM

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 / A blood libel trial that captures the world's attention

The age-old blood libel accusation was thrown against Menachem Mendel Beilis in Kiev in 1911, despite clear evidence that he committed no crime.

By David B. Green | Mar 20, 2013 | 09:39 AM

This day in Jewish history / Persian Jews given choice: Convert or die

Thousands of Mashhad Jews did convert to Islam, in appearance at least, after nearly 40 were murdered by their neighbors; most simply took their Judaism underground.

By David B. Green | Mar 19, 2013 | 06:59 AM | 11

This day in Jewish history / Jews struggle to settle in the New World

In 1655, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam tried and failed to keep Jews out of the "the colony that would later become New York.

By David B. Green | Mar 18, 2013 | 08:19 AM

This day in Jewish history / A visionary architect dies

Louis Kahn, whose buildings were known for their intellectual rigor and spirituality, was one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

By David B. Green | Mar 17, 2013 | 09:44 AM

Rabbis participate in the Second World Congress of Rabbis and Imams for Peace in Seville

This day in Jewish history / Anti-Jewish rioting begins in Seville

The seeds of the Inquisition are sown on this day in 1391 when a fiery preacher in Seville, Spain incited months of violence against the city's Jews.

By David B. Green | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:06 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 / 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

On Root / On fiery angels and evil twins

By Jeremy Benstein | 07:55 AM