Friday Forum Debuts
The March 31 issue also included the paper’s new Friday Forum, which featured lengthy essays on a variety of topics, including pieces on “real...
March ’72 in the Exponent: PO Burns Matzah After Soviet ‘Nyet’
Philadelphians Celebrate Rebbe’s 70th Birthday
The Cold War was raging in 1972, and the plight of Soviet Jews was a hot topic in Jewish communities...
Advertisements Never Fail to Entertain
As is often the case in the older issues, the advertisements were more interesting than the actual copy.
Page 3 features a cornucopia of ads...
October ’13 in the Exponent: Rosie’s Yom Kippur; Israel and His Book
If you were looking for Jewish news in 1913, the front cover of the Jewish Exponent was not the place to find it.
As it...
Plant Hollywood
The vegan lifestyle may be well established today, but a mere decade ago it seemed like a novelty, albeit a growing one.
“Is it any...
August 2008 in the Exponent: ‘Jews in the Pool’ Set Tone; Competition a Lifeline...
The names, places and dates change, but the same kind of news stories tend to pop up over and over again.
Case in point: A...
A Bar Mitzvah Behind Bars
A Page 3 article by Steve Feldman — now the Zionist Organization of America Greater Philadelphia chapter executive director — brings readers the tale...
December ’92 in the Exponent: When Is It Valid Criticism?
Israel-Bashing? Anti-Semitism?
For good reason, Jews have always been sensitive to the world’s perception of Israel.
That’s why the lead item in the Dec. 4, 1992...
Thanksgiving in February
For whatever reason — and nobody’s around from the 1940 Exponent staff to ask — the Feb. 23 issue featured numerous pages of ads...
February ’40 in the Exponent: Hearty Welcome Awaits Dr. Weizmann
Mr. Smith, Meet Mr. Cohen
Word that Zionist leader and future first President of Israel Chaim Weizmann was visiting Philadelphia was cause for celebration in...
