by Jewish Original | Jun 19, 2025 | 2020 Posts, All Posts, Cultural Icons, Jewish History, Jews in Culture, North American Jewry, Sports, Trending
The Influential MLB Debut of Hank Greenberg: A Jewish-American Icon On this significant day in Jewish history, September 14th, 1930, Hank Greenberg made his MLB debut. A moment that still echoes in the annals of baseball. Original Instagram Post #onthisday, in 1930,...
by Jewish Original | Jun 19, 2025 | 2020 Posts, All Posts, Biography, Jewish History, Jews in Culture, Key Jewish Figures, Trending, World War II
Remembering Anne Frank: Her Birth and Life Story On this day in Jewish history: June 12th, 1929. Today we celebrate the birth and commemorate the short life of Anne Frank, a symbol of courage and resilience during World War II. View commemorative post on Instagram....
by Jewish Original | Jun 19, 2025 | 2021 Posts, All Posts, Hate Crimes, Jews in Culture
The Infamous Lynching of Leo Frank On August 17, 1915, the lynching of Leo Frank shocked the nation. Convicted of murdering 13-year-old Mary Phagan, his sentence was commuted from the death penalty to life imprisonment by the Governor of Georgia. This controversial...
by Jewish Original | Jun 19, 2025 | 2021 Posts, All Posts, Antisemitism, Eastern European Jewry, Key Jewish Figures
The Beilis Affair: A Tragic Chapter in Jewish History On September 25, 1913, the trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis began in Kiev, Ukraine. Beilis, a Jewish superintendent employed at a brick factory, was accused of murdering a young Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky...
by Jewish Original | Jun 19, 2025 | 2021 Posts, All Posts, Eastern European Jewry, Israeli History, Jews in Culture, Key Jewish Figures
The Life and Journey of Natan Alterman Natan Alterman, one of Israel’s national poets, literary legends, and political voices, was born in Warsaw, Poland on this day in 1910. As the son of two teachers, his father being a founder of the Hebrew kindergarten in...
