In 1939, the French authorities evacuated Paris’s 13th arrondissement and in August, his family fled to Maine-et-Loire in Anjou in Western France. Borlant recounted that they were warmly welcomed by the locals and had no idea what lay in store for them. As a precaution, the children, wh...
The Touro family bequeathed sufficient money to maintain the synagogue as well as the cemetery; and these are still in existence, although the number of Jews now resident in Newport is but small. The Jewish community of Newport held an especially interesting and even a unique position in ...
Vogel and Bendix Rosenwald and his wife Augusta Rosenwald gave birth to Sophie Adler, the wife of Manasseh Max Adler with who she had four children – Cyrus, Robert, Lois and Rosebud. 1874: It was reported today that when the noted author Léon Gozlan passed away, he was buried by a Cat...
Former CEO of J Crew and Gap, head of Drexler Ventures,Millard “Mickey” S. Drexler… Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary,David B. Cornstein… Co-founder of Oracle Corporation,Larry Ellison… Former U.S. Senator from Minnesota,Norm Coleman(fam...
When the war with Spain broke out (Sept. 22, 1859) the Moors had nothing more fitting to do than to plunder the houses of friendly Jewish families in Tetuan (H. Iliowizi, "Through Morocco to Minnesota," 1888, p. 49). Most of the Jews saved their lives only by flight; about 400 ...
The Talmud derives the laws pertaining to the construction of the sukkah from the clouds which arose from the Garden of Eden. What is the connection between the Garden of Eden and the sukkah? The Talmud relates that when the children of Israel received the Torah on Shavuot, they reached the...
The stories of Ray Rice, the now former running back for the Baltimore Ravens, and Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings continues. Around the country many people are proclaiming that domestic violence simply is not acceptable. The simple truth is: A brute cannot assault a woman; child disci...
Tisser did not come from a family that was especially into vocal music. He commented, “My parents were both good pianists; my grandfather played seven or eight instruments. Nobody sings,though my parents can carry a tune.” Still, the budding cantor found teachers and mentors close by, par...
another group of bigwigs — including some leading Jewish philanthropists — convened on Sunday for the NFL’s Annual League Meeting, held at the Breakers Palm Beach. TBD if Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, or Mark Wilf, co-owner of the Minnesota Vikings, plan ...
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