Sunday, November 1, 2009
Yitzchak Rabin's Legacy, The Altalena
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The Israeli media is now full of 1984-style programs and statements in memory of their idol, Yitzchak Rabin. In contrast, many of us rememb...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Jews and Navigation
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Pre-Columbian Navigation Intercontinental trade was pioneered by Persian Jews who pioneered the "Silk Route" to the heart of China...
The first hero of the Portuguese discoveries!
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Who was João Gonçalves Zarco? He was a Portuguese Jew converted to Catholicism, and member of the House of Prince Henry the Navigator, when...
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Jewish Traders of the Diaspora
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Jewish Dispersion, a Bane and a Boon The dispersions of the Jews from their homelands proved to be both a bane and a boon. Again and again J...
Jewish war vets receive monument
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In honoring Jewish military veterans with a stone monument at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, local vets were sending a mes...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Rear Admiral to address Indiana Jewish Historical Society
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One of the highest-ranking members of the U. S. Navy, Rear Admiral Harold L. Robinson, will address the 38th annual meeting of the Indiana J...
Monday, October 12, 2009
Aaron Lopez's Struggle for Citizenship
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Aaron Lopez, a Jewish merchant and philanthropist from Newport, Rhode Island, died in a carriage accident in 1782. On hearing of Lopez’s dea...
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