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Oh my gosh, Hitler touched this book, too. [[READMORE]] The marketplace for Nazi memorabilia has been sensationalized in tabloids and served as the plotline for a 2008 episode of CSI: New York: An Op-Ed piece in Wednesday’s New York Times described another item of Nazi memorabilia up on the auction block: statistical survey of American Jewish organizations […]

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On the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the JTA Archive Blog offers a select list of events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor. [[READMORE]] Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a number of Jewish organizations in the U.S. and England pledge their support to Roosevelt. Hebrew University president Judah Magnes sends a cable […]

Why did the Jews cross the Red Sea? Because Pharaoh was too fat to chase them. You won’t find that one in a joke book, though. [[READMORE]] Sonile Pharoah Was Too Fat to Chase Jews (published Dec. 8, 1929) Santa Monica, Cal, Dec. 6 (JTA) – The Jews who fied from ancient Egypt can thank […]

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