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Tag: American Jewish History

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In remote North Dakota, endless sky, a few gravestones, and the remnants of a little-known Jewish history

ALanger in Forward · 21 Aug 2023

The article explores the little-known Jewish history in remote North Dakota, focusing on a small graveyard of Jewish homesteaders who settled in the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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A Jew on Death Row

Allan Levine in Tablet · 15 Feb 2023

The article discusses the case of Pesach Rubenstein, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who was one of the first (possibly the first) Jews in post-American Revolutionary New York to be sentenced to death in 1876.

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A New Opera Remembers the Victims of the Triangle Factory Fire

Marjorie Ingall in Tablet · 28 Mar 2018

A new opera titled "Morning Star" memorializes the victims of the Triangle Factory Fire, capturing the intersection of immigration, labor issues, and American-Jewish history.

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Inventing American Judaism

Esther Schor in Jewish Review of Books · 26 Sep 2016

The text discusses the landmark exhibition "By Dawn's Early Light," curated by Adam D. Mendelsohn and Dale Rosengarten at Princeton University, which explores early Jewish life in America before the Civil War.

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Harlem on His Mind

Jenna Weissman Joselit in Jewish Review of Books · 26 Sep 2016

The text discusses the impact of the controversial exhibition "Harlem on My Mind" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969, highlighting how it polarized various communities and rekindled interest in Harlem.