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Jewish Democratic Council ad calls Trump the ‘biggest threat’ to Jews

The 2017 Charlottesville rally, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the president’s charge of “disloyalty” are all cited in the ad.

The Jewish Woman Who Invented the Modern Bra

In the 1950s and 60s, Maidenform ran a series of ads with the slogan, “I dreamed.” In one, a woman “won the election in my Maidenform bra.” In another, a woman “opened the World Series in my Maidenform bra.” Who was responsible for the underwire behind these racy and progressive ads? A shrewd businesswoman and eventual philanthropist named Ida Cohen Rosenthal. Having […]

The “Mad Woman” Who Sold Jewish Rye to Goyim

In the long history of Jewish culinary triumphs, there has never been a finer invention than pastrami on rye. And there has never been a rye bread more indelibly linked to Jews than Levy’s. For that we have the “Mad men” of Madison Avenue to thank, and in particular, a Jewish “Mad woman” named Judy Protas. Protas, who came up […]

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