What Famous Persons Were Born on July 4th? Originally Published July 2-3, 2021.
July 2, 2021
Rube Goldberg Stamp Mr. Goldberg won a Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 1948, the Gold T-Square Award from the National Cartoonists Society (of which he had been a founding member and first president) in 1955, and the Silver Lady Award from the Banshees in 1959. And of course he inspired the international Rube Goldberg […]
What Is a “Casar Torah” Purportedly on Our Façade? Originally Published on June 18-19, 2021.
June 18, 2021
Having now consulted a couple local experts, the sentiment prevailing is that “Casar” is an alternative spelling of “Kesser Torah,” “Torah Crown.” (Congregation Kether Torah in Pittsburgh was originally incorporated as Kaiser Torah, so it is not so far-fetched.) This led us to take a look at the front of the building, which of course […]
Who Was Meyer Myron Katz, Whose Birthday Is June 15th? Originally Published June 11-12, 2021.
June 11, 2021
Borscht Capades Ad from American Jewish Outlook 1958