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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'
By David B. Green
This day in Jewish history / Extra, Extra! Yiddish newspaper prints!
By David B. Green
This day in Jewish history / An artist who saw minority children is born
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This day in Jewish history / The first rabbi in the New World is born

Born in Portugal, Isaac Aboab da Fonseca served as a hakham in Amsterdam and migrated to Recife, where the sheer success of the Jewish community annoyed the Portuguese to the point of war.

By David B. Green | Feb 1, 2013 | 09:44 AM

This Day in Jewish History / The Theodosian Code is published, spelling bad news for Jews

Emperor Theodosius II’s legal code governing the Byzantium Empire established Christianity as the official religion and circumscribed the rights of Jews.

By David B. Green | Jan 31, 2013 | 09:41 AM

First Youth Aliya group walking to Ein Harod

This day in Jewish history / Recha Freier founds Youth Aliya

The organization settled thousands of Jewish teenagers in Palestine, on kibbutzim and at youth villages, before and after the war.

By David B. Green | Jan 30, 2013 | 09:35 AM

This day in Jewish history / 'Dr. Strangelove' premieres

Director Stanley Kubrick's dark parody of the nuclear scare drew uncomfortable laughs at the height of the Cold War.

By David B. Green | Jan 29, 2013 | 08:57 AM

This day in Jewish history / Translator of Yiddish Medieval romance dies

Elijah Levita, the great Renaissance-era Hebrew grammarian and poet, is remembered for scholarly works and the 'Bovo Bukh,' a Yiddish version of the romance of Sir Bevis of Hampton.

By David B. Green | Jan 28, 2013 | 07:31 AM | 2

This day in Jewish history / The Navy's 'Kindly Old Gentleman' is born

Chaim Rickover, who became Hyman George Rickover after immigrating to America, was the first Jewish navy officer to reach the rank of admiral and the architect of the U.S.'s nuclear navy.

By David B. Green | Jan 27, 2013 | 09:28 AM

Mosaic in the church Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome.

This day in Jewish history / An anti-pope of Jewish descent dies

Many heads of the Catholic Church have been rumored to be of Jewish lineage, but it is fairly certain that Anacletus was the great-grandson of a converted Jew.

By David B. Green | Jan 25, 2013 | 08:24 AM

The Beatles' manager helped the band craft its hip image.

This Day in Jewish History / Brian Epstein signs the Beatles

Epstein, a British Jew who dropped out of school with dreams of becoming an actor or fashion designer, settled for managing one of the biggest bands in rock ’n’ roll history.

By David B. Green | Jan 24, 2013 | 12:41 PM

Jewish traders began settling in Shanghai in the late 19th century.

This day in Jewish history / Baghdadi Jews open Shanghai synagogue

Shanghai’s small Jewish community made its mark on the city, leaving behind landmarks like the grand Ohel Rachel Synagogue.

By David B. Green | Jan 23, 2013 | 09:34 AM

This day in Jewish history / Birth of a salesman

S.J. Popeil, the genius behind the Veg-O-Matic and the Chop-O-Matic, created simple and useful tools and peddled them on television.

By David B. Green | Jan 22, 2013 | 07:05 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