by eklein | Dec 2, 2021 | All, Jewish Life, News
In December in Jewish History (TMJH) Presents: The Posner Menorah In 1932, weeks before Hitler became chancellor, Dr. Akiva Posner watched in horror as this swastika was raised across the street from his apartment in Kiel. Dr. Posner had received his doctorate from...
by eklein | Nov 3, 2021 | All, Jewish Life
This Month in Jewish History (TMJH) Presents: Sholem Asch In November, we celebrate the birth of the iconoclast Yiddish storyteller Sholem Asch (1880—1957). Asch was born in Kutno, Poland, on November 1, 1880, to a scholarly Orthodox Jewish family. As a child, he...
