Of all the genres of music perhaps Jazz has the most intriguing history as far as Jews are concerned. You might expect that given its origins, it was an Afro-American 'thing'. Well there's some nice trivia ahead, including Benny Goodman, Satchmo, Gershwin, and Cab Calloway.
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When Premium Foods, who bought the Mr Kipling brand when they acquired Rank Hovis McDougall, they kept the phrase “Mr Kipling bakes exceedin...
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Dissimulation Many Jews went to Fez in Morocco at the time of the expulsion, and one of the families that did so was the Pallache. One o... -
Introduction After World War 1 Germany suffered from hyperinflation, political extremism and food shortages, with the economy having tanke...
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When Premium Foods, who bought the Mr Kipling brand when they acquired Rank Hovis McDougall, they kept the phrase “Mr Kipling bakes exceedin...