Eddy Portnoy
By Eddy Portnoy
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Culture Jews Join Nation in Mourning Assasination of President John F. Kennedy
1913 •100 years ago More Blood Libels in the Wake of Beilis Verdict In the wake of the “Not guilty” verdict in the Beilis blood libel trial, Russian anti-Semites are furious and have stepped up their activities. They are spreading lies and rumors in their newspapers — for example, stating that Jews had bribed the…
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Culture Mendel Beilis Cleared in Ukraine Anti-Semitic Blood Libel Trial
1913 •100 years ago Mendel Beilis Not Guilty After two hours of deliberation, the jury in Mendel Beilis’s blood-libel trial has declared him not guilty of all crimes. Beilis stood quietly, and his demeanor was calm — just as it was for most of the five-week-long trial — as the verdict was read. The courtroom…
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Culture Brooklyn Macaroni Maker Shoots Jewish Tailor in Hypnotism Spat
1913 •100 years ago Macaroni Maker Shoots Jewish Tailor Benjamin Zeidler, a tailor from the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, heard five gunshots ring out in quick succession as he was sitting at his sewing machine. Zeidler stood up to see what the commotion was about when he realized that he had been shot in his…
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News Jewish Pimp From Brownsville Faces Long Arm of Justice
1913 •100 years ago Verdict Awaited in Pimping Trial After days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Avrom Belkin was still unable to come to a decision. On trial for forcing a young woman into prostitution, Minsk-born Belkin claimed he was innocent. Annie Jacobs, the girl in question, testified against him and described…
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News Man Murders Wife, Eats Blintzes
Forward Looking Back brings you the stories that were making news in the Forward’s Yiddish paper 100, 75, and 50 years ago. Check back each week for a new set of illuminating, edifying and sometimes unusual clippings from the Jewish past. 1913 •100 years ago Striker Killed in Philadelphia The Jews of Philadelphia are furious…
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Culture Sensation Rocks the Leo Frank Murder Trial
Forward Looking Back brings you the stories that were making news in the Forward’s Yiddish paper 100, 75, and 50 years ago. Check back each week for a new set of illuminating and edifying clippings from the Jewish past. 1913 •100 years ago Sensation at the Frank Trial A man who hopes to be a…
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Culture Wayward Husband Returns to Kill Ex-Wife in Shocking Murder-Suicide
1913 • 100 years ago Murder in the Rosenthal Home Morris and Bessie Rosenthal had a good business and a good life with their six small children. But he fell in love with another woman, and left his wife and kids to move to Chicago with his new love. Just before he left, he sold…
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News East Harlem Synagogue Collapse Causes Mayhem on Rosh Hashanah
1913 •100 years ago Synagogue Gallery Collapses Dozens of people were wounded when the women’s gallery in a New york synagogue on 106th Street between Park and Madison avenues suddenly collapsed and fell onto the seats below. Though it was the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the collapse occurred early enough, around 9 a.m., that…
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