Archive - Harry Freedman's Jewish Histories

January 2025

Fighting for America

Jews in the Revolutionary War

Jan 30

The First Jews in the Americas.

The unhappy end of the community at Recife

Jan 23

The Enduring Values of the New Colossus

Emma Lazarus’s complicated relationship with Judaism

Jan 16

Wisdom and Poverty

The difficult life and uncertain death of Abraham Ibn Ezra

Jan 9

We Shouldn't Take New Year for Granted

An Ancient Calendar Controversy

Jan 2

December 2024

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