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Oy! in Yiddish

Some odd convergences in the world of Jewish history... On this date in 1945 the Nazis begin the evacuation of Auschwitz as Soviet forces draw near. That same day Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews, is arrested by secret police in Hungary. Today in 1949 The Goldbergs airs; it is the first situation comedy on American television. Simon and Garfunkel, two nice Jewish boys, release their second album, Sounds of Silence, on this date in 1966 and today in 1975 Bob Dylan, another n.J.b. — with a brief foray into Christianity — releases Blood on the Tracks. Finally, on this day in 1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner at the Jew-excluding Everglades Club. Oy!

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