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Who founded the Chassidic movement?

Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name), was the founder of the Chassidic movement. The Baal Shem Tov was a master of Kabbalah and became famous for the miracles he performed. The Chassidic movement teaches that love between Jews is ...

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Curiosities

On the 17th of Tevêt, in the year 1728, a group of Spanish and Portuguese Jews, who were expelled from their countries by the Inquisition, purchased land in Manhattan, New York, to build the city's first synagogue.

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Today in History

16/1/1852 – Mount Sinai Hospital is founded in New York, the first ...

Mount Sinai Hospital, the first Jewish hospital in the United States, is founded in New York. The founders of the hospital were, for the most part, Jews who immigrated from Germany. One of them, Samson Simson, was one of Nov...

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Brazil

Launch of the book "The Jews"

Launch Event: book presentation and autograph session.

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