Isaac Simon
Birthday of Sir Nicholas Winton, 1909
On This Day in Jewish History: May 19th, 1909 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYKKaeAUgL/ . Imagine being a child, put on a train and never...
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Kristallnacht/November Pogrom, Takes Place, 1938
On This Day in Jewish History, November 9, 1938, A wave of violent anti-Jewish demonstrations broke out throughout Germany, Austria, and...
Birthday of Simon Wiesenthal, 1908
On This Day in Jewish History: December 31, 1908 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJe11hyLtOC/ . #onthisday, 1908, Holocaust survivor, Jewish...
Birthday of Sandy Koufax, 1935
On This Day in Jewish History: December 30, 1935 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcLS_9rKKP/ . #onthisday, 1935, @dodgers legend and...
Jewish Survival Story Project Launched, 2020
On This Day in Jewish History: December 29, 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZky1brl0K/ . #onthisday, 2020, we're happy to officially...
Birthday of Simon Guggenheim, 1867
On This Day in Jewish History: December 30, 1867 . On this date in 1867 John Simon Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia. Known to the...
Birthday of Bruce Beutler, 1957
On This Day in Jewish History: December 29, 1957 Jewish Nobel Prize laureate Bruce Beutler was born. His discoveries pertaining to innate...
Birthday of Stan Lee, 1922
On This Day in Jewish History: December 28, 1922 . On this date in 1922, Stanley Lieber was born in New York City. He would become known...
Meyer Grunberg
Monsey Stabbing Attack, 2019
On This Day in Jewish History: December 28, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJW4CXiLL9Q/ . #onthisday, 2019, a knife-wielding man...
Meyer Grunberg
Operation Cast Lead Into Gaza Begins, 2008
On This Day in Jewish History: December 27, 2008 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJUk5Whr4t6/ . #onthisday, 2008, the first of three (to...
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Is Founded, 1936
On This Day in Jewish History: December 26, 1936 . #onthisday, 1936, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is founded by Bronislaw Huberman...
Meyer Grunberg
Fast of the 10th of Tevet, 5781
On This Day in Jewish History: Tevet 10, 5781 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJOqoK6r62X/ . #onthisday, 5781, observant Jews around the...
Isaac Simon
Jews, Chinese Food, and Christmas
While you're munching away on your festive Chinese food tonight, check out co-host @metropolis_starship's latest #SignificanceSeries...
Roonstrasse Synagogue in Cologne, Germany Desecrated, 1959
On This Day in Jewish History: December 24, 1959 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJM47_qr0Tt/ . #onthisday, 1959, just over 20 years after it...
Lehi Founder, Avraham Stern, is Born, 1907
On This Day in Jewish History, December 23, 1907 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKN8EirXQy/ . #onthisday, 1907, Avraham Stern, leader of...
Isaac Simon
The Poem Known as "Hatikvah" is Written, 1878
On This Day in Jewish History, December 22, 1878 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJHx9BuLMNO/ . #onthisday, 1878, the poem that would evolve...
Birthday of Henrietta Szold, 1860
On This Day in Jewish History, December 21, 2020 . #onthisday, 1860, Henrietta Szold is born in Baltimore, MD. Szold would grow up to...
Assassination of Harvey Milk, 1978
On This Day in Jewish History: November 27, 1978 . Harvey Milk was assassinated. He was among the first openly gay elected officials in...
Birthday of Edward G. Robinson, 1893
On This Day in Jewish History: December 12, 1893 . Emanuel Goldenberg, known to movie lovers as Edward G. Robinson, was born on this date...
Jamaican Jews Granted Equality, 1831
On This Day in Jewish History: December 19, 1831 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJADNiMLGfM/ . #onthisday, 1831, Jamaican Jews (who had...