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Tag: Great Depression

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Wisdom Project | For Larry Schlesinger, 103, Education Is Paramount

Pam Janis in Moment · 3 Dec 2024

Larry Schlesinger, at 103, reflects on his life, underscoring the value of education, family, and civic engagement.

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Jewish Lives · 29 Nov 2022

Arthur Miller was a renowned playwright known for his works such as "All My Sons," "Death of a Salesman," and "The Crucible."

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The Forward’s news (and Jews) on the Bowery

Talya Zax in Forward · 15 Aug 2020

The Forward, a socialist newspaper, covered the Great Depression and the Bowery district in New York City.

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Facts are Like Fish: A Response to The Arrival of Rabbi Soloveitchik in America: A Documentary Report

Tovah Lichtenstein in Lehrhaus · 12 May 2017

In response to a documentary report on Rabbi Soloveitchik's arrival in America, Tovah Lichtenstein critiques the focus on trivial details like her sister's name in ship manifest instead of the broader context of the Rabbi's encounter with Boston's Jews.

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Sh*t My Dad Wrote

Justin Halpern in Tablet · 28 May 2013

Sam Halpern, father of Justin Halpern, has written a novel, "A Far Piece to Canaan," published by HarperCollins, which reflects his childhood on a Jewish sharecropping farm in Kentucky in the 1940s.

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Unknown Author in Tablet · 20 Aug 2009

In the late 1920s, there was a surge in ambitious building projects for Jewish institutions in America, including grand synagogues and university campuses.