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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!
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This day in Jewish history / An artist who saw minority children is born
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This day in Jewish history / Herzl family finds a final resting place

Five years ago, Theodor Herzl's grandson, Stephen Theodore Norman, was reburied in Jerusalem more than 60 years after committing suicide, capping a tragic century for the first modern Zionist family.

By David B. Green | Dec 5, 2012 | 08:43 AM

This day in history / Fog City gets a Jewish lady mayor

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became the first (and so far only) female mayor of San Francisco.

By David B. Green | Dec 4, 2012 | 07:01 AM

This day in Jewish history / A Hollywood premiere for immigrant writer Anzia Yezierska

Anzia Yezierska was an important first-generation Jewish immigrant writer. On this day in 1922, the big screen adaptation of her collection of stories 'Hungry Hearts' got its Los Angeles debut.

By David B. Green | Dec 3, 2012 | 07:48 AM

Gilbert Stuart's painting of George Washington.

This day in Jewish history / Dedication of the oldest synagogue in the U.S.

On this day in 1763, one of the United States' oldest congregations dedicated the country's first synagogue building in Newport, Rhode Island, a building still in use today.

By David B. Green | Dec 2, 2012 | 08:39 AM | 5

This day in Jewish history / Activist Abbie Hoffman is born

On this day in 1936, outspoken activist Abbie Hoffman was born. His outrageous antics made him a polarizing figure but his social commentary was also said to be in the 'Jewish prophetic tradition.'

By David B. Green | Nov 30, 2012 | 09:42 AM

This day in history / A Soviet army general dies

Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer was the only Jewish officer to reach such a status in the period following Stalin's great purge.

By David B. Green | Nov 29, 2012 | 08:46 AM

This day in Jewish history / Introducing the Polaroid camera

On this day in 1948, the world got its first look at the Polaroid camera that would revolutionize instant photo technology and come to emobody the look of nostalgia.

By David B. Green | Nov 28, 2012 | 09:11 AM

Hashomer Hatzair - Hashomer Hatzair archives, Givat Haviva

This day in Jewish history / The Joint is established

Almost by definition, the Joint has been active in some of the world’s most dangerous and politically repressive countries, bringing relief to Jews around the world.

By David B. Green | Nov 27, 2012 | 07:41 AM

Anti-Semitic graffiti on an Olso storefont in 1941.

This Day in Jewish History / Norway's Jews are sent to Auschwitz

The deportation of more than 500 Norwegian men and women was one of the last steps in the Nazi's systematic extermination of the country's Jewish population.

By David B. Green | Nov 26, 2012 | 08:47 AM

This day in Jewish history / Safed destroyed by quakes

In autumn 1759, not one but two earthquakes struck near the holy city of Safed.

By David B. Green | Nov 25, 2012 | 09:03 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