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A New York Jewish Man Tries To Commit Suicide by Cocaine

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

This week, 100 years ago, Jacob Haas took cocaine and tried to commit suicide because he couldn’t marry his niece. And, 75 years ago, details of Jewish life in Vienna under the Nazis were surfacing.

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Cantors Consider Joining the AFL-CIO

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

This week in history, Kohanim, the Jewish priestly class, went on strike and a federation of cantors considered joining the AFL-CIO.

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Paper Lauds Jewish National Home

Sat, 04 May 2013 05:00:00 EST

This week in history, a British newspaper promoted the ‘creation of a Jewish national home,’ and two adult Jews from Majorca were circumcised.

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American Nazis Arrested

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EST

This week in history, American Nazis appeared in court after a disturbance at an Israel Independence celebration and unlikely best friends had a joint funeral.

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Yitzhak Ben Zvi Memorialized

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EST

Former Israeli President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was buried in Jerusalem. A Polish man living on the Lower East Side was murdered by his wife, who believed that he sold their son to Jews.

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Snatched From Seders To Wash Streets of Vienna

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EST

As the Nazis tightened their grip on Vienna, Jews were pulled from Passover seders to wash streets. Freed wife-poisoner Morris Lustig was jailed again for participating in a car theft ring.

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Anti-Semitism Sweeps Poland and Vienna

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EST

Anti-Semitism ran rampant in Poland. In Vienna, cellist Jacob Feuerman was forced by Nazis to wash a sidewalk, injuring his hands. Bund leader Raphael Abramovitch’s death was mourned.

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Comedian Eddie Cantor Threatened by Nazis

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EST

In Greece, Easter brought warnings of pogroms. Comedian Eddie Cantor faced threats of Nazi violence and West Germany discouraged scientists from working against Israel.

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Philly Peddler's Beard Sliced Off in Attack

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EST

A Jewish peddler’s beard was cut off in an attack in West Philadelphia. Jews attempted to flee Nazi Vienna and Soviet Jews were arrested for baking matzo at home.

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Forverts Prints 150,000 Copies Per Day

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EST

The Forverts was the third largest publication in New York 100 years ago. Jews committed suicide in Nazi Austria and an Israeli agent planned to murder a German scientist.

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Teenage Girl Pounds Robber

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EST

A teenage girl from the Lower East Side attacked a robber. The Eldridge Street Synagogue was looted and Israel claimed that Syria broke a U.N.-negotiated ceasefire.

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War on Yiddish in Israel

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EST

Blood libel rumors were spread by priests in New Jersey. A controversy brewed in Israel over Yiddish. And, Soviet Jews were prosecuted for “economic crimes.”

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Bertrand Russell Challenges Nikita Khrushchev on Anti-Semitism

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00:00 EST

Yiddish theater in New York City goes on strike; Arab terrorists attack the Jewish settlement in Palestine; Bertrand Russell takes on the Kremlin over anti-Semitism.

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Detectives Bust Teenage Opium Den

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:00:00 EST

Police bust a teenage opium den, Arabs protest a Tel Aviv port for Jewish immigrants and Jews in Moscow are treated to Yiddish theater.

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Soviet Jews Win Right To Bake Passover Matzo

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:00:00 EST

Soviet Jews struggle to practice their religion and neighbors blame a Jewish family after a Pennsylvania child runs off into the woods.

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Was Composer Richard Wagner Actually Jewish?

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:00:00 EST

Rumors swirl that the anti-Semitic composer Richard Wagner is actually a Jew. A tailor’s illicit blue-blood affair makes headlines and a poet writes about surviving Stalin.

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Three-Timing Jewish Hubby Faces the Music

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:00:00 EST

A century ago, New York cigar maker Charles Weiss got in trouble for having three wives. Nazis were on the march 75 years ago and Jews fled Asian pogroms in 1963.

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Looking Back: January 18, 2013

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:01:00 EST

50, 75, 100 Years Ago in the Forward

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Looking Back: January 4, 2012

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:43:00 EST

1912 After hearing screams coming from a hut on the lake in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, a boy ran to a nearby police officer and told him something was wrong.

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Looking Back: December 28, 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:02:00 EST

100, 75 and 50 Years Ago in the Forward

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