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[June 29, 1926] Charleston Splits Dancing Teachers. Some say it's "as good as dead", while others find it in infancy.

u/KvetchAndRelease — 8 days ago
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110 Years ago today: Jews plan to form the "first volunteers" after being rejected from the NY national guard.

American Jews would serve in WWI at nearly double their share of the population in spite of open discrimination, with many being denied the honors they earned. 

Most notable was William Shemin, who ran into open fire three times to drag wounded comrades to safety, but was denied the Medal of Honor due to antisemitism, which would be rectified by President Obama nearly a century later.

u/KvetchAndRelease — 11 days ago
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[June 26, 1926]: The French Federation enforces strict dress codes for women, while also barring any unnecessary movements "likely to attract the spectators' attention"

u/KvetchAndRelease — 11 days ago
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[June 26, 1926] A German scientist claims to have found Atlantis buried beneath the Sahara

Here's a link to the full article: timesmachine.nytimes.com

While he obviously didn't actually find Atlantis, his theory got significant attention at the time.

u/KvetchAndRelease — 12 days ago
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[Jun 23, 1926] A Cook in Paris kills a dishwasher with carving knife but gets only one year in jail after arguing it was the fault of his "artistic temperament"

u/KvetchAndRelease — 14 days ago
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[June 22, 1926]: A woman is buried with a wedding proposal from her love, who died 62 years earlier just days after he wrote it.

u/KvetchAndRelease — 15 days ago
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A perspective on the terms Hebrew, Israelite, and Jew from a rabbi in 1877

I found it interesting to see how terms that were once used with different implications are now consolidated under "Jewish" today, and thought y'all might enjoy it too.

Here's the rabbi being cited: Gustav Gottheil - Wikipedia

I've got 1,000+ of these articles and have been trying to find somewhere to post them so they're easy for others to search and use. If anyone has suggestions for a platform that allows multiple tags and user friendly searches, please let me know.

u/KvetchAndRelease — 19 days ago