Birthday of Jerome Horwitz aka Curly Howard, 1903
On This Day in Jewish History: October 22, 1903 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGpwg6rF6Lu/ . #onthisday,1903, Jerome Horwitz, known to…
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UN Partition Plan Approved; Jews Accept & Arabs Reject, 1947
#OTDJH: November 29, 1947 . #onthisday, 1947, the newly formed United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of establishing both a…
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The Alhambra Decree Takes Effect, 1492
On This Day in Jewish History: July 31st, 1492 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUNQI9Fmr_/ . . Jews had to leave Spain before facing forced…
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Birthday of Primo Levi, 1919
On This Day in Jewish History: July 31, 1919 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTt80hFEo5/ . .Born #onthisday in Turin, Italy on July 31st,…
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Destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, 586 BCE & 70 CE
On This Day in Jewish History: Hebrew Calendar Alert – 9th of Av, 586 BCE and 70 CE . . #onthisday we commemorate (amongst a bevy of…
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Mass Migration of Russian Jews to America Begins, 1881
On This Day in Jewish History: July 29th, 1881 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDOtWD7l6mX/ . . The first shipload of Russian Jews reached…
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Vilkaviskis, Lithuania Massacre, 1941
On This Day in Jewish History: July 28, 1941 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMOb2OlbR1/ . . we commemorate the murder of 900 Jewish men by…
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The Jews of New Amsterdam Denied Permission to Build Cemetery, 1655
On This Day in Jewish History: July 27th, 1655 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJ8zVVl9Yu/ . . The Jews of New Amsterdam (soon to be New…
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Birthday of Norman Lear, 1922
On This Day in Jewish History, July 27th, 1922 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJrCbTl53Y/ . . Iconic TV writer and producer, Norman Lear…
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Major Roi Klein Saves Israeli Soldiers in 2nd Lebanon War, 2006
On This Day in Jewish History: July 26th, 2006 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDHQrDBlNiI/ . . Major Roi Klein jumps on a grenade in…
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