Jerry Klinger is the founding president of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, which has placed monuments and plaques across the United States and in other countries detailing the history of Jewish individuals and communities.
By Jerry Klinger “The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as […]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion
By Jerry Klinger I had heard bits and pieces growing up about the infamously fabled killer, Jack the Ripper. Ghoulish murders and murder mysteries were never of particular interest to me especially when they involved horrific mutilations of the victims. The subject matter was just plain unpleasant to contemplate. Yet, always in the back of
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
By Jerry Klinger The words together will offend someone, perhaps more than just one someone. The Holocaust was a horror that converted millions of Jews into mincemeat. Operation Mincemeat was an impossibly successful British military operation that saved at least a million Jews from being exterminated. April 24, in Hackney, London, a black polished historical
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Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
By Jerry Klinger Though elected by a very distinct, minority of the American people, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States, March 4, 1861. The population of the country was just north of 31 million. The country consisted of 33 individual states forged into a common, increasingly tenuous union since
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
By Jerry Klinger HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Florida — The Florida Coast Oceanographic Center is located on picturesque Hutchinson Island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River. It is the home of the Florida Oceanographic Society, whose mission is to “inspire environmental stewardship of Florida’s coastal ecosystems through education, research, and advocacy.” The environment of tomorrow
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
From the Boynton Beach Chronicles and Isaac By William Rabinowitz (AKA Jerry Klinger) BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — The other day, I was quoted in a newspaper article. The writer wrote, “William Rabinowitz, 74, a retired financial services executive from Rockville, Maryland, said…” Retired, and where I lived, that was fine by me. But why did
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Jerry Klinger, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jerry Klinger YBOR CITY, Florida — It’s a simple, small concrete gray hexagonal paver. The words Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, contracted for line count restrictions, are etched in a slightly off-centered recess. The paver is on the sidewalk, in front of the former Buchman store at 1910 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City,
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
By Jerry Klinger DALYAT AL CARMEL, Israel — On Sunday night, in the largest Druze city in Israel, Dalyat al Carmel, a first occurred. The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) donated a sculpture, the Flame of Friendship, to the community and all of Israel’s Druze citizens. The Druze of Israel, an ethnic Arab
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East
By Jerry Klinger LONDON — The simple blue and white rectangular historical plaque for Sir Arnold Wesker located at a Hackney (London) school evokes a familiar identity in London. The plaque, though different in design, is easily associated with the famous (and mostly circular) Blue and White Plaque program run by English Heritage found throughout
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
By Jerry Klinger Bigotry, hate, antisemitism, and ignorance are not owned by any one group, nor by any one culture or nationality. There is a universality to it. Antisemites repeat, with vicious relish, the false canard that Galut Jews are disloyal, cowards. They never volunteer as soldiers, fight for their country, and if called to
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
Frieda Salvendy moved to Malvern sometime after the end of the Second World War, and died here, in obscurity, in 1965. A short notice of her death was placed in the local paper and probate details gave her address in Alexandra Road. Beyond that, it would appear that very few, if any, knew of her existence, or that she had been an eminent European artist. [JASHP}
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
The first-ever recognition of the extraordinary accomplishments of Jewish American Julius Rosenwald in a historical U.S. Presidential setting, was placed recently. The interpretive panel is located in President Roosevelt’s “Little White House” Warm Springs, Georgia. [Jerry Klinger]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA
The dead body of a British officer found floating in April 1943 in the waters off the coast of Southern Spain, near Huelva, may have been a key reason Hitler was unable to finish murdering the last Jews of Europe.
A valise, chained to the body’s wrist, contained top-secret military documents with plans to invade Greece by British and Allied forces. Nazi spies working with Spanish police copied the documents and sent them to Berlin. [Jerry Klinger]
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
The National Park Service has agreed to a request from the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) to include mention of Adolph Sutro’s Jewish heritage on a marker at Sutro Heights Park in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, JASHP announced on Wednesday, Nov. 17. [SDJW]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA