Before WWII, Jewish mobsters kept Nazis at bay in the US — with their fists
by Howard Lovy (JTA) — The way author Michael Benson tells it, one day in 1938, New York judge and Jewish communal leader Nathan Perlman…
History
From the sources by Eliezer Segal: A grain of truth
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – Each of the biblical pilgrimage festivals has both an agricultural and a historical significance. Thus, Passover is situated in the…
A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world. The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Show me the money
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – There is only a slight exaggeration in the observation that you can hardly poke a toe into Israeli soil –…
Art exhibition celebrates Canadian Jewish Heritage Month at the Calgary Military Museums: May 1 – 31
(Calgary) – A special art exhibition celebrating May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month will be held at the Calgary Military Museums. The opening reception of…