Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World

Click Here to Read: Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World: How a man named Asser Levy turned New Amsterdam into a new Jewish home BY Steve Brodner on the Tablet website on  November 26, 2013.
Map of the early Jewish Congregations in the 13 British Colonies in North America.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

How Did a 15th-Century Coin Minted Under Henry VII End Up in Newfoundland?

Click Here to Read:  How Did a 15th-Century Coin Minted Under Henry VII End Up in Newfoundland? Dated to between 1493 and 1499, the silver half-groat is the oldest English coin ever found in Canada  by David Kindy on the Smithsonian website on November 12, 2021.

Post-Medieval coin: half sovereign of Henry VIII  Image: St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2013-12-17 12:26:35  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938

Click Here to Read: New York Times Report on Kristallnacht, November 10, 1938:  A New York Times story from November 10, 1938, that reports on the events of Kristallnacht in Munich and other cities around Germany on the Facing History website. 

German citizens look the other way on Nov. 10 1938, the day after Kristallnacht. What they see or don’t want to see are destroyed Jewish shops and houses. Image:  Author Unknown.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Way-Forward Machine: If we want to plan millennia ahead, we should ask how Jews have always done it

Click Here to Read: The Way-Forward Machine: If we want to plan millennia ahead, we should ask how Jews have always done it by Sam Aerbesman ion the Tablet Website on November 10, 2021.

Sephardi Jewish couple from Sarajevo in traditional clothing. Photo taken in 1900.  Image: Unknown Author.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons