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1cabbage — I. n. 1. Plant of the genus Brassica. 2. [Cant term.] Shreds of cloth, tailors remnants. II. v. a. (Colloq.) Steal, purloin, filch, pilfer, make off with …
2POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… …
3Cornelius Shea — Born September 17, 1872(1872 09 17) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US Died January 12, 1929(1929 01 1 …
4UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
5organized labour — Introduction also called trade unionism, association and activities of workers in a trade or industry for the purpose of obtaining or assuring improvements in working conditions through their collective action. Great Britain (United… …
6List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement — The following are historic points of labor history in the state of Illinois: Downstate Labor History Sites Beckemeyer Coal Miners MonumentMonument dedicated to Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in the 1947 Centralia mine… …
7Massacre of Elphinstone's Army — Part of the first Anglo Afghan War, 1839–1842 The last stand of the survivors of Her Majesty s 44th Foot at Gandamak …
8TOLEDO — TOLEDO, city in Castile, central spain ; capital of Castile until 1561. Early Jewish Settlement and Visigothic Period There is no substantive information available on the beginnings of the Jewish settlement in Toledo, which was only a small… …
9JEWISH LEGION — JEWISH LEGION, military formation of Jewish volunteers in World War I who fought in the British army for the liberation of Ereẓ Israel from Turkish rule. When Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers (Oct. 30, 1914), two different …
10LANCUT — (Pol. Łańcut), town in Rzeszow province, S.E. Poland. The earliest information regarding Jews in Lancut dates back to 1563. Lancut Jews then earned their living in wholesale trade with the towns of the province of Russia by distilling alcohol and …
