All posts tagged "Hebrew"
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8.6K2Arts and LeisureClement Moore, Hebrew Scholar and Reluctant Author of ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’
Clement Moore took far more pride in the Hebrew dictionary he wrote than in A Visit from St. Nicholas, which he also wrote....
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8.1K4New England PlacesThe Six Oldest Synagogues in New England
The oldest synagogues in New England were built well after the first Jewish settlers arrived. Touro Synagogue, the only surviving synagogue from...
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10.9K11Connecticut16 Fun Facts About Noah Webster, the Dictionary Writer Who Was Slightly Nuts
Noah Webster was an odd duck, a famously fussy lexicographer who not only Americanized the English language but created the idea of...
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13.0KArts and LeisureA Christmas First for New England? Each State Can Claim One.
New England is as unlikely a place as there is to celebrate a Christmas first. After all, Puritans in Massachusetts and Connecticut...
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4.9K4ConnecticutThe Glastonbury Cows and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
In the early days of the fight for women’s voting rights, Connecticut’s Glastonbury cows were the stars of the show. In June...
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14.2K8MassachusettsThe Endicott Pear Tree, Still Alive in Massachusetts After Nearly 400 Years
Sometime around 1630, John Endecott planted a pear tree with the hope it would live for generations. He got his wish with...
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22.8K4ConnecticutThe Story of How Hebrew Almost Became the Official U.S. Language
Just after the American Revolution, an English essayist named William Gifford reported that some Americans planned to substitute Hebrew as the official language...
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23.1K28ConnecticutMiss Porter’s School Finishes Socialites, Scholars and a First Lady
The educational reformer founded Miss Porter’s School in 1843 could not have imagined the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishment her students would...
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4.4K7Flashback PhotosThe 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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