This Day, May 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
Albright was not Jewish. But much of what we know about the history of ancient Israelwas a result of his archeological studies or the studies of those whom he inspired. 1895: Birthdate of Marcel Janco “a Romanian-born Israeli painter and architect” who ...

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This Day, May 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
1872: It was reported today that the US House of Representatives adopted a motion by Mr. Cox, requesting the President to join with the Italian government in its protest against the intolerance and cruelty practiced towards the Jews of Romania.

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This Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
Israel Zangwill had given an impassioned speech in support of the motion during which he invoked the bloody images of the atrocities committed against the Jews of Romania and Kishineff. 1904: Herzl's diary breaks off with a report to Jacob Schiff.

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This Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
1877: Romania declares itself independent from Turkey. Under the Treaty of Berlin signed in 1878, the Jews of Romania were to receive full citizenship. 1877: The will of Henry Grass, a New York clothier who died in April, was filed in Surrogate's Court ...

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This Day, May 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
1877: A delegation of the Board of Delegates of the American Israelites, led by Benjamin F. Peixotto met with President Rutherford B. Hayes to discuss the persecution of the Jews of Romania. The delegation presented a written account of “the recent ...

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This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin - Cleveland Jewish News (blog)

This Day, May 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
Cleveland Jewish News (blog)
The treatment of the Jews of Romania was a grave matter in the second half of the 19 th century. Sometimes it got caught up in the on-going Balkan crises and the slow demise of the Ottoman Empire. On top of that newspaper reports of the time were not ...

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Holocaust survivor speaks at remembrance event - Capital Flyer

Holocaust survivor speaks at remembrance event
Capital Flyer
Sarah Schechter, 11th Wing Jewish Chaplain Col. Ken Rizer, 11th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander, presents Erika Eckstut with a commemorative clock after her Holocaust Remembrance speech here, May 3. Eckstut visited Andrews to share her stories about ...

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'Anne Frank' lives on in Marshall - Battle Creek Enquirer

'Anne Frank' lives on in Marshall
Battle Creek Enquirer
His mother's Jewish parents immigrated from Russia and Romania before World War II, but after the war the family they had left behind was gone. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is a great work of art, but still the keyword for this production is “realism.

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How Islam Killed Greco-Roman Civilization - AINA (press release)

How Islam Killed Greco-Roman Civilization
AINA (press release)
In early 2012 the historian Emmet Scott published Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy. If you have any interest in the subject of the Greco-Roman legacy and Islam as they relate to medieval Europe, I strongly recommend that ...

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BUCHANAN: Extremism threatens Europe - Asbury Park Press

BUCHANAN: Extremism threatens Europe
Asbury Park Press
Romania's government fell last week. The Czech government barely survived a vote of no confidence. In the capital cities of both countries, tens of thousands have angrily protested the new austerity. The Dutch government also fell last week, ...

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