Who is Baruch Spinoza?
Via Aish.com: In 1656, the Jewish elders of Amsterdam issued an excommunication notice against Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza was a philosopher who postulated that God and nature are equivalent, and that … Read More
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Who was David “Mickey” Marcus?
David “Mickey” Marcus (1902-1948) was an American Jew who volunteered to fight for the Israeli army in the 1948 War of Independence. Marcus was a tough Brooklyn street kid who … Read More
Today in Jewish History – Cheshvan 17
Sponsored by Aish.com: On this date in 1919, a New York Times headline declared “Einstein Theory Triumphs.” Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized the … Read More
Marcel Marceau was a French Jew
Marcel Marceau, whose lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, died Saturday. He was 84. Wearing white face paint, soft shoes … Read More
Playwright George Tabori Dies in Berlin
Hungarian-born playwright and director George Tabori, a legend in Germany’s postwar theater world whose avant-garde works confronted anti-Semitism, has died, the Berliner Ensemble said Tuesday. He was 93. Tabori, who … Read More