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Neil Gordon
Jan 6, 20197 min read
I became close with our neighbor’s daughter...
The Bintel Brief—“Bundle of Letters”—was the iconic advice column in the Forward. Begun in 1906 by the editor Abraham Cahan, the column...
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Neil Gordon
Jan 2, 20195 min read
They Used to Hang Pirates at Ellis Island*
*and few other things you didn’t know! Gibbet Island Ellis Island was named for Samuel Ellis, the last private owner. This was many years...
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Neil Gordon
Dec 30, 20181 min read
The Jewish Journey: America
Tracing the Migration of Jews to America Narrated by Martha Teichner, the film follows the trajectory of Jewish American life from the...
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Neil Gordon
Dec 24, 20184 min read
An immigrant's secret
Years before Ann Landers and Dear Abby, these was A Bintel Brief. In 1906 the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish language newspaper...
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Neil Gordon
Dec 22, 20182 min read
Official Review: A Cobbler's Tale by Neil Perry Gordon
Full of action and definitely captivating, A Cobbler's Tale by Neil Perry Gordon chronicles the journey of one Jewish family fleeing from...
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Neil Gordon
Dec 13, 20181 min read
Silent film -hungry hearts 1922
A Hollywood adaptation of the short stories of Anzia Yazierska, the fist writer to bring stories of American Jewish women to a mainstream...
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Neil Gordon
Dec 1, 20181 min read
The story behind a cobbler's tale
Pincus Rubenfeld (1876-1955) arrived in New York on 19 August 1910 as Pinkas Potasznik, having departed from Hamburg, Germany, on July...
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Neil Gordon
Nov 30, 20182 min read
Online book club review
Full of action and definitely captivating, A Cobbler's Tale by Neil Perry Gordon chronicles the journey of one Jewish family fleeing from...
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Neil Gordon
Nov 12, 20182 min read
the equivalent of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Luciano Pavarotti -- a singer to be remembered!
You've probably never heard of Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt unless you're a serious fan of Jewish cantorial music. But if you have, you...
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