All posts tagged "Jewish history"
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7.5K1Religion and Social MovementsThe 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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11.9K1Arts and LeisureThe 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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26.5K13Business and LaborHow 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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9.3K7Arts and LeisureLeonard Nimoy Gets a Hand Up From JFK and EPP
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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12.5K10Crime and ScandalKing 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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5.7K4Arts and LeisureArtie 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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