Chronological Listing of American Jewish History Articles

by

Dr. Yitzchok Levine

Note: The articles below are listed chronologically. Articles about individuals are listed according to the date of birth of a given individual.

"The Inquisition in Mexico" The Jewish Press, January 5, 2007, page 30. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 22. (1517)

"In the Clutches of the Inquisition" The Jewish Press, April 11, 2008, page 1. (1567 - 1596)

"The First Jew in North America" The Jewish Press, May 6, 2005, page 31 Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 2 (1588)

"Burned Alive at the Stake" The Yated Ne'eman, July 13, 2007, pages 40 - 41. (15-- - 1649)

"The Jews of Martinique and Guadeloupe" The Jewish Press, September  7, 2007, pages 67 & 87. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 30. (1620s)

"Caribbean Jewish Communities in the 17th and 18th Centuries - I" The Jewish Press, October 4, 2006, page 28. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 19.  (1628)

"Recife - The First Jewish Community in the New World" The Jewish Press, June 3, 2005, page 32  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 3 (1630)

"The Jewish Community of Suriname" The Jewish Press, July 7, 2006,  page 43. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 16. (1639)

"Jews and the Maryland "Toleration" Act" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear) ne (1649)

"Caribbean Jewish Communities in the 17th and 18th Centuries - II" The Jewish Press, November 3, 2006, page 59. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 20. (1651)

"Jews Settle in New York" The Jewish Press, July 1, 2005, page 26. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 4 (1654)

"Kashrus in New York: 1654 - 1812" The Hamodia November 12, 2008, page C4.  (1654 - 1812)

"Early Jewish Religious Observance In New York" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 51. The Jewish Press,  June 5, 2009, pages 26 & 68. This article can also be read at Early Jewish Religious Observance in New York

"The Gomez Family"  The Jewish Press, March 2, 2007, page 40.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 24. (1654/60)

"Two Founding American Jewish Fathers" The Jewish Press, August 5, 2005, page 32. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 5.

"Bris Mila During Colonial Times" The Jewish Press, November 4, 2005 page 67. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 8.

"The Early Jewish Settlement Of Newport"  Glimpses Into America Jewish History Part 58. The Jewish Press,  January 1, 2010, pages 28 & 72.  (1658)

"The Jews of Nevis and Alexander Hamilton" The Jewish Press, May 4, 2007, pages 28 - 29. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 26. (1677)

"The Early Jewish Community of Charleston, SC" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"The Beginnings of the Reform Movement in Charleston, SC"  Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"The Jewish Community of St. Eustatius" The Jewish Press, August  3, 2007, pages 21 & 72. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 29. (1711)

"David Mendes and Zipporah Nunes Machado" The Jewish Press, July  6, 2007, pages 32 & 69. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 28. (David:1695 - 1747, Zipporah: 1714 - 1799)

"Escape From The Inquisition" The Jewish Press, December 2, 2005 page 71. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 9 (1726)

"Aaron Lopez, Colonial American Merchant Prince" The Jewish Press, October 7, 2005 page 36. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 7. (1731)

"The Beginnings Of Jewish Education In New York"  The Jewish Press, April 2, 2007, page 36.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 25 (1731)

"The Jewish Settlement of Savannah, Georgia" The Jewish Press, January 6, 2006 page 46. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 10 (1733)

"Mordecai Sheftall - Revolutionary War Patriot" Glimpses Into America Jewish History Part 55. The Jewish Press,  October 2, 2009, pages 54 & 72.  (1735 - 1797)

"Did Haym Salomon Really Finance the American Revolution?" The Jewish Press, June  1, 2007, pages 28 & 56. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 27. (1740 - 1785)

"Rebecca (Machado) Phillips (1746-1831): Colonial Jewish Matriarch" The Jewish Press, April 7, 2006,  pages 41 & 46. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 13. (1746)

"Ezra Stiles and the Jews of Newport" Glimpses Into America Jewish History  Part 59 The Jewish Press,  February 5, 2010, pages 31 & 80. (1755 - 1777)

"Jacob Mordecai (1762 - 1838), Pioneer in Women's Education" The Jewish Press, September 1, 2006, page 52. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 18. (1762)

"Building And Dedication Of The Newport Touro Synagogue" Glimpses Into America Jewish History  Part 60 The Jewish Press,  March 3, 2010, pages 35 & 43. (1763)

"America's First Torah Scholar: Israel Baer Kursheedt" The Jewish Press, February 7, 2007, page 1 (1766)

"Moses and Daniel Peixotto"  The Jewish Press, February 1, 2008, pages 30 & 66. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 35.  (1767 - 1828)

"Naphtali and Josephine Phillips" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 49.  (1773 - 1870)

 "Judah Touro: Legendary Philanthropist" The Jewish Press, December 5, 2008, pages 58 & 72. (1775 - 1854)

"The Man Who Brought Judah Touro Back To Judaism"  The Jewish Press, January 2, 2009, pages 34 & 64.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 46. The article can also be read at "Gershom Kursheedt and Judah Touro’s Return to Judaism" (1775 - 1854)

"Jacob da Silva Solis - Advocate for Orthodox Judaism" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)  (1780 - 1829)

"Rebecca Gratz: Champion of the Unfortunate" The Jewish Press, December 1, 2006, pages 39 & 69. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 21. (1781 - 1869)

"A Haven for Jews in New York - I" The Jewish Press, February 3, 2006, page 61. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 11 (Mordechai Manuel Noah - 1785 - 1851)

"A Haven for Jews in New York - II" The Jewish Press, March 3, 2006, pages 37 & 80. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 12 (Mordechai Manuel Noah - 1785 - 1851)

"A Jewish Wedding in 1787" The Jewish Press, August 4, 2006, page 22. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 17 (1787)

"Maintaining Yiddishkeit in Colonial Times" The Jewish Press, August 31, 2005, pages 16 & 76. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 6 (1791)

"From Quaker to Shaker to Orthodox Jew" The Jewish Press, September 25, 2007, page 1. (1798 - 1860)

"The First Rabbi in America" Glimpses Into America Jewish History Part 56. The Jewish Press,  November 6, 2009, pages 59 & 76.  (1800/1802 - 1862)

"The First Rabbi in America Part II" Glimpses Into America Jewish History Part 57. The Jewish Press,  December 4, 2009, pages 32 & 84. (1800/1802 - 1862)

"Jonas Friedenwald of Baltimore"  Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)   (1802 - 1893)

"Alfred Mordecai's Agonizing Decision" The Jewish Press, November 5, 2007, pages 32 & 56. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 32.  (1804 - 1887)

"Isaac Leeser: Architect of Traditional Judaism in America" The Jewish Press, June 22, 2007, page 1. (1806 - 1868)

"Kashrus Observance During the Nineteenth Century" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"Bris Milah Observance During  the Nineteenth Century" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"Sabbath Observance During the Nineteenth Century" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"Dr. Simeon Abrahams (1810 - 1867)" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"Chazzan Jacques Judah Lyons (1813 - 1877)" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear)

"Rabbi Abraham Joseph Ash (1813 - 1887)" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear) ne

"Jews and the Sunday Laws" The Jewish Press, December 7, 2007, page 43. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 33. (1816)

"Gershom Kursheedt and Sir Moses Montefiore" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 47. The Jewish Press, February 6, 2009, pages 27 & 64. (1817 - 1863)

"Reverend Abraham de Sola (1825 - 1882)" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear) ne

"The Jerusalem Rabbi Who Met President Ulysses S. Grant"  The Hamodia June 10, 2009, pages C30 & C31. This article may also be read at Schneersohn. (1833/34 - 1881/82)

"Failed Experiment: New York's Only Chief Rabbi" The Jewish Press, May 30, 2008, page 1.  (RJJ: 1840 - 1904)

"The Chief Rabbi Encounters Opposition" The Jewish Press, June 4, 2008, pages 39 & 67.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 39. (RJJ: 1840 - 1904)

"The Chief Rabbi's Funeral"  The Jewish Press, July 4, 2008, pages 26 & 62.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 40 (RJJ: 1840 -1904)

"The Character of Rabbi Jacob Joseph"  The Jewish Press, August 1, 2008, pages 46 & 56.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 41.  (RJJ: 1840 - 1904)

"America's First Native-Born, University-Educated Orthodox Rabbi" The Jewish Press, April 27, 2007, page 1. (1848 - 1916)

"Rabbi Moshe Weinberger (1854 - 1940)" The Hamodia August 6, 2008, page C26.  (1854 - 1940)

"A Jewish Calendar for Fifty Years" Glimpses Into America Jewish History (To appear) ne  (1854)

"Rabbi Moshe Meir Matlin, Torah Education Pioneer in America" The Jewish Press, April 4, 2008, pages 42 & 91. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 37. (1855 - 1927)

"Rabbi Binyamin Papermaster, Forty-Three Years as a Rav in North Dakota, Part I"   The Hamodia July 15, 2009, page C6.  (1860 - 1934)

"Rabbi Binyamin Papermaster, Forty-Three Years as a Rav in North Dakota, Part II"  The Hamodia July 22, 2009, page C8.  (1860 - 1934)

"Rabbi Binyamin Papermaster, Forty-Three Years as a Rav In North Dakota,  Part III" The Hamodia July 29, 2009, pages C8 & C30.   (1860 - 1934)

"A Forgotten Champion of American Orthodoxy" The Jewish Press, November 25, 2005 page 1 (Rabbi Dr. B. Drachman - 1861 - 1945)

"The Proposed Touro Monument and Rav S. R. Hirsch" The Yated Ne'eman January 8, 2010, pages 38 - 40. (1860)

"Jewish Soldiers Observe Pesach During The Civil War"  The Jewish Press, April 1, 2005 page 48. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 1.  (1862)

"General Grant's Expulsion of the Jews" The Jewish Press, March 5, 2008, pages 34 - 35. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 36.  (1862)

"Rabbi Schepschel Schaffer: Early Years of an Orthodox Activist" The Jewish Press, December 30, 2007, page 1. (1862 - 1933)

"Forty Years as Rav of Baltimore's Congregation Shearith Israel"  The Jewish Press, January 4, 2008, pages 25 & 79. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 34.  (1862 - 1933)

"The Multimillionaire Who Remained True to Orthodoxy"  The Jewish Press, April 18, 2006,  page 1. (Harry Fischel - 1865 - 1948)

"Harry Fischel (1865 - 1948) Orthodox Jewish Philanthropist Par Excellence - I" The Jewish Press, May 3, 2006,  page 36. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 14. (Harry Fischel - 1865 - 1948)

"Harry Fischel (1865 - 1948) Orthodox Jewish Philanthropist Par Excellence - II" The Jewish Press, June 2, 2006,  page 70. Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 15. (Harry Fischel - 1865 - 1948)

"Orthodoxy in the 'Wild West': Samuel Abraham and Miriam Kobey" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 48. The Jewish Press, March 6, 2009, pages 35 & 84.  (186? - 1921)

"N. Taylor Phillips: Scion Of One Of America's First Jewish Families"  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 50. The Jewish Press, May 1, 2009, pages 23 & 60.   (1868 - 1955)

"Rabbi David Miller (1869 - 1939), A Forgotten Fighter For Orthodoxy" The Jewish Press, September 15, 2006, page 1.  (1869 - 1948)

"Bringing Torah Education to Baltimore" The Jewish Press, October 3, 2008, pages 57 & 75.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 43. (1871 - 1937)

"Was the 'Rabbi' Really a Missionary?" The Jewish Press, November 7, 2008, pages 43 & 51. (1874)

Jewish Colonial Farming in America: An Experiment That Went Terribly Wrong"  The Hamodia Magazine, February 3, 2009 pages  20 - 25. (1881)

"The Jewish Agricultural Colony at Cotopaxi, Colorado"  (1882)

"Rabbi Simon Joshua Glazer: Early 20th Century Wordsmith" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 52. The Jewish Press,  July 3, 2009, page 26. (1878 - 1938)

"Rabbi Simon Joshua Glazer (Part II)" Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 53. The Jewish Press,  August 7, 2009, pages 26 & 68.  (1878 - 1938)

"Rabbi Simon Joshua Glazer (Part III)"  Glimpses Into America Jewish History Part 54. The Jewish Press,  September 4, 2009, pages 26 & 72. (1878 - 1938)

"Louis Raskas of St. Louis" The Jewish Press, February 1, 2007, page 34.  Glimpses into American Jewish History Part 23. (1882)

"The Founding of Yeshiva Etz Chaim" The Jewish Press, May 2, 2008, pages 48 - 49. Glimpses Into American Jewish History Part 38.  (1886)

"Jews in Europe, Do Not Come to America!" The Hamodia August 13, 2008, page C 20.  (1887)

"Columbus Day 1892 and the Jews of New York" The Jewish Press, October 5, 2007, pages 36 & 78.Glimpses Into American Jewish History Part 31.  (1892)

"What Was the First Yeshiva Gedolah in America?" The Hamodia August 20, 2008, page C22. (1895)

"The Founding of the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School"  The Jewish Press, September 5, 2008, pages 26 & 66. Glimpses Into American Jewish History Part 42.  (1902)

"Rav Yehudah Davis, ZT"L, Pioneer American Rosh Yeshiva" The Yated Ne'eman March 16, 2007, pages 52 - 58. (1907 - 1977)

"Master Builder: Rav Teitz and the Elizabeth Kehilla" The Jewish Press, December 24, 2004 page 1. (1908 - 1995)

"Rav Shimon Schwab, ZT"L: Recollections of His Years in Baltimore" The Hamodia Magazine, February 20, 2008, pages 12 - 17. (1908 - 1995)

"Rav Avigdor Miller: His Early Years" The Jewish Press, April 30, 2004 page 1. (1908 - 2001)

"Rav Avigdor Miller: His Years as Mashgiach" The Jewish Press, June 4, 2004 page 1. (1908 - 2001)

"Rabbi Avigdor Miller: The Later Years" The Jewish Press, June 25, 2004 page 1. (1908 - 2001)

"Rav Avigdor Miller’s First Rabbanus: The Walnut Street Shul" The Hamodia Magazine, 8/20/2004, pages 10-11. (1908 - 2001)

"Letters From Rabbi Mordechai Gifter זצ''ל, Written In His Youth" The Jewish Observer, 39, Jan/Feb 2006. (1916 - 2001)

"Time In A Bottle: RIETS, Circa 1928" The Jewish Press, December 31, 2004 pages 7 & 87. (1928)

"An American Blood Libel – It Did Happen!"  To appear. (1928)

"American Victims of the 1929 Hebron Massacre" The Jewish Press, August 24, 2007, page 1.(1929)

"Hooked on American Jewish History" The Jewish Press, December 8, 2006, page 1.

"Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch and America – an Historical View" The World of Hirschian Teachings, An Anthology on the Hirsch Chumash and the Hashkafa of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, Published for the Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer Foundation, Feldheim, 2008.

"The Hirsch Chumash, Shabbos Morning, and Partners in Torah" Mitteilungen, Journal of K'hal Adath Jeshurun, Volume XVI, Fall 2008, Rosh Hashono 5769, pages 25 - 31.

"A Renaissance Rabbi" To be submitted for publication

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