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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'
By David B. Green | 2
This day in Jewish history / Violent public penance for secret Spanish Jews
By David B. Green | 1
This day in Jewish history / Bob Dylan lays down his first track
By David B. Green

This day in Jewish history / Death of a musical genius

Composer Kurt Weill was best known for "Mack the Knife," but the range and sophistication of his artistic creations became more fully appreciated after his death.

By David B. Green | Apr 3, 2013 | 09:36 AM

This day in Jewish history / Jewish Albanians gain a foothold

The 1937 move showed a tolerance in the European nation that would, a few years later, end up saving the lives of hundreds of Jews.

By David B. Green | Apr 2, 2013 | 09:18 AM | 2

This day in Jewish History / The Spanish monarchy turns on the Jews

On this day in 1492, the Spanish monarchs gave the Jews four months to convert or leave.

By David B. Green | Mar 31, 2013 | 10:26 AM | 6

This day in Jewish history / The founder of Reform Judaism is born

Isaac Mayer Wise rejected messianism, didn't feel the Talmud is binding and didn't shy from brawling to protect his view of the liturgy.

By David B. Green | Mar 29, 2013 | 09:12 AM

This day in Jewish history / An alternative Jewish homeland is founded, almost

Birobidzhan was intended as a national home for Jews in the Russian Far East. The foundation was laid but the project never really got off the ground.

By David B. Green | Mar 28, 2013 | 08:59 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

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