Evergreen

Solomon Hays and the Yom Kippur Balcony Window Battle

Solomon Hays and his family were excommunicated from Shearith Israel in New York City due to causing a disturbance over a simple window.

The Trefa Banquet and the End of a Dream

The menu at the celebration for Hebrew Union College's first ordained graduating class led to the formal break between tradition and reform.

The Lazarus Averbuch Mystery

Was this slain Jewish immigrant really seeking to assassinate Chicago's police chief?

The Anti-Nazi Boycott of 1933

When news of Nazi assaults of Jewish businesses in Germany reached the United States, numerous Jewish groups responded.

Gershom Mendes Seixas

The first American-born rabbi.

Jewish Chaplains in the Civil War

Jews enlisted in both the Union and the Confederate armies during the Civil War, but they were not allowed to serve as chaplains to provide religious and emotional support, as well as to preside over Jewish funerals.

The Expelled Jews of Coro

This was the first time that Jews had been driven out of an independent nation in South America.

The Day the Rabbis Marched on Washington

Four hundred rabbis marched together to bring to President Roosevelt's attention the atrocities being committed by the Nazis in Europe.

The Brownsville Public School Boycott of 1905

The Jews of Brownsville, Brooklyn, fought back when a principal at a public school taught about sectarian views.

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