All posts tagged "Jewish history"
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2.0KRhode IslandThe First Hebrew Thanksgiving in America
Isaac Touro delivered a Hebrew Thanksgiving sermon on Nov. 28, 1765, praising King George III for protecting Newport’s Jews. His sermon took...
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1.9K1MassachusettsThe Saturday Evening Girls Make Pottery History
When Sara Galner first joined the Saturday Evening Girls Club, she had no idea she’d end up making pottery that sold for...
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3.9K8MassachusettsHow the Polish Immigrants Came to New England
Before Polish immigrants arrived in New England they had already made it to the Jamestown colony in Virginia as craftsmen. Over the...
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1.4K6MassachusettsLeonard Nimoy Gets a Hand Up
In 1956, a 24-year-old taxicab driver named Leonard Nimoy got a call to pick up a Mr. Kennedy at the Bel-Air Hotel in...
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3.5K10MassachusettsKing Charles Solomon, Boston’s Answer to Al Capone, Gunned Down in Mob Shooting
King Charles Solomon ruled Boston’s underworld without challenge until a small-time gangster gunned him down in the men’s room of the Cotton...
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1.0K4ConnecticutArtie Shaw, the Curious Alien of New Haven
Artie Shaw was a brilliant musician, an abusive husband and a complicated personality. All three of those qualities can be traced to...
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1.8K14ConnecticutFlashback Photo: Jewish Farmers of Connecticut
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a small farm in Colchester, Conn., was a dream for many Jewish immigrants trying...
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8865Rhode IslandThe Touro Synagogue Is Consecrated in Newport, 1763
The Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., has long been a symbol of tolerance, beginning as a haven for Jews who escaped the...
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1.3K4MassachusettsLeonard Bernstein Defies Dad, Refuses To Sell Hair Products
Leonard Bernstein became one of the most successful musicians in American history, conducting the New York Philharmonic for years and composing works...
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7285Rhode IslandGeorge Washington to Newport’s Touro Synagogue – ‘No assistance to persecution’
In 1790, Newport, R.I., was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in America. Its Touro Synagogue had been established in...