FYI July 18, 2020

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On This Day

1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B’Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities.[5]
The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree issued by King Edward I of England on 18 July 1290 expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England. Edward advised the sheriffs of all counties he wanted all Jews expelled by no later than All Saints’ Day (1 November) that year. The expulsion edict remained in force for the rest of the Middle Ages. The edict was not an isolated incident, but the culmination of over 200 years of increasing persecution. The edict was overturned during the Protectorate more than 350 years later, when Oliver Cromwell permitted Jews to return to England in 1657.[1]

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Born On This Day

1867 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1932)
Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”, was an American socialite and philanthropist. She unsuccessfully encouraged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field of the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic to look for survivors.[1] During her lifetime, her friends called her “Maggie”, but even by her death, obituaries referred to her as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown”.[2] The reference was further reinforced by a 1960 Broadway musical based on her life and its 1964 film adaptation which were both entitled The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

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FYI

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The Fussy Librarian: Your ebook freebies for Saturday
 
 
 
 
Bookmarked for Book Clubs: Read the powerful true story of an unknown hero of World War II and more ->

Paris, 1935. A dark shadow falls over Europe as Adolf Hitler’s regime gains momentum, leaving the city of Paris on the brink of occupation.

Young Madeleine Levy—granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish World War I hero—steps bravely into a new wave of resistance and becomes the guardian of lost children.

When Madeleine meets a small girl in a tattered coat with the hollow look of one forced to live a nightmare—a young Jewish refugee from Germany named Anna—she knows that she cannot stand idly by. Paris is full of children like Anna—frightened and starving, innocent casualties of a war barely begun. Madeleine offers them comfort and strength while working with other members of the resistance to smuggle them into safer territories. But as the Paris she loves is transformed into a theater of tension and hatred, many people are tempted to abandon the cause—and the country.

The Bridal Chair author Gloria Goldreich delivers a poignant and unforgettable story with a fierce message for modern readers about the power of individual action.

 
 
 
 
A walk-in menu would keep the drive through lane moving~
Today: Taco Bell confirms it’s removing several popular menu items
 
 
 
 
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Recipes

By Emily Racette Parulski, Taste of Home: 19 First Ladies’ Favorite Foods