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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 / Farewell to the father of modern Yiddish theater

The prolific writer Abraham Goldfaden launched the golden age of Yiddish theater with his amusing, and probing, plays and productions.

By David B. Green | Jan 9, 2013 | 09:37 AM

This day in Jewish history / Impresario Bill Graham born

One of the great rock promoters of the 20th century started out life in a Yekke family and went on to promote shows that brought together numerous stars.

By David B. Green | Jan 8, 2013 | 10:33 AM

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda at his desk in Jerusalem

This day in Jewish history / Hebrew's reviver is born

Born Eliezer Yitzhak Perelman, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda is known as the father of modern Hebrew, having revived the ancient language for life in the Jewish national home.

By David B. Green | Jan 7, 2013 | 07:24 AM

This day in Jewish history / 'Greatest donor in the 20th century' dies

Julius Rosenwald was equally noteworthy for growing Sears, Roebuck & Co, and for his support for African—American rights and education.

By David B. Green | Jan 6, 2013 | 09:20 AM

This day in Jewish history / British barrister breaks glass ceiling

After more than 20 years as a celebrated defense attorney in England, on this day Rose Heilbron was the first woman appointed judge on a prestigious court, one of many glass ceilings she broke through.

By David B. Green | Jan 4, 2013 | 08:47 AM

This day in Jewish history / Death of an assassin's assassin

Jack Ruby, born Jacob Leon Rubenstein, killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who killed President John F. Kennedy.

By David B. Green | Jan 3, 2013 | 09:31 AM | 2

This day in Jewish history / A Jewish, female political adviser dies

Belle Lindner Israels Moskowitz leveraged her social work career to become a political adviser to New York governor and presidential hopeful Alfred E. Smith.

By David B. Green | Jan 2, 2013 | 09:15 AM

Tourists travelling to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty depart Battery Park on a ferry boat

This day in Jewish history / Ellis Island festively opens to take in the tired and poor

This entry point to America was designed to process as many as 5,000 immigrants a day. It couldn't keep pace with the inflow.

By David B. Green | Jan 1, 2013 | 08:39 AM | 2

This day in Jewish history / A young ghetto fighter in Vilna takes a stand

Even before the Nazis met to discuss the Final Solution, 23-year-old Abba Kovner was rallying Jews in Vilna to fight rather than be 'led like sheep to the slaughter.'

By David B. Green | Dec 31, 2012 | 09:36 AM

This day in Jewish history / Massacre in Granada, Spain

Caught in inter-tribal hostilities between Arab communities that had recently conquered southern Spain, Jews were victims of a violent pogrom.

By David B. Green | Dec 30, 2012 | 08:53 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