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Christopher Columbus

Portrait of a man thought to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519.(public domain)
October 13, 2024, 12:32 pm
Study finds Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe
Researchers analyze DNA fragmented remains believed to be world-shaping explorer’s; they say any further narrowing down of his origins remains elusive
By Graham Keeley
Red and blue smoke obscures the White House as part of a Fourth of July celebration July 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
July 5, 2020, 7:27 am
Disunity on display as US riven by divisions marks independence
Columbus statue thrown in Baltimore harbor, Seattle man plows car into protest, Georgians march against massive Confederate carving, and Trump stokes discord with combative speech
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Workers clean graffiti from a statue of Belgium's King Leopold II in Brussels on June 11, 2020, that was targeted by protesters during a Black Lives Matter demonstration (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
June 12, 2020, 12:06 pm
Historical figures face reckoning around the globe after Floyd death
Protests and vandalism have taken place in cities from Boston and New York to Paris, Oxford and Brussels, in an intense reexamination of centuries of racial injustice
By Sarah Rankin and David Crary
A statue of Christopher Columbus, which was toppled to the ground by protesters, is loaded onto a truck on the grounds of the State Capitol on June 10, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP)
June 11, 2020, 6:37 am
US protesters topple, behead and drown Christopher Columbus statues
At least three monuments of Italian explorer defaced as pressure builds in United States to rid the country of monuments associated with racism, genocide
By Agencies
People gather at the Robert E. Lee Monument, now covered by protest graffiti, in Richmond, Virginia, June 7, 2020, following a week of unrest in the US against police brutality and racism in policing (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 10, 2020, 2:46 pm
Statues come down across the US, Europe as Floyd’s death sparks change
Protesters topple monuments to the Confederacy, colonialism and slavery, while authorities cover up and remove statues following protests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest against a statue of Christopher Columbus, in Columbus, Ohio, on August 22, 2017. (Screen capture; YouTube)
October 8, 2018, 10:40 pm
Columbus, Ohio cancels Columbus Day
Largest US city named after Italian explorer to close on November 12, Veterans Day, instead
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Portrait of a man thought to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519.(public domain)
October 8, 2018, 9:56 pm
Christopher Columbus — the hidden Jew?
With a murky past, theories abound for the origin story of the intrepid explorer — from pirate to crypto-Jew
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A monument of Christopher Columbus, at Columbus circle in New York City (YouTube)
November 18, 2017, 12:49 am
Christopher Columbus monument slammed by some at NYC hearing
Meeting held as part of commission set up by mayor in order to develop guidelines on addressing statues that may be seen as ‘inconsistent’ with city’s values
By REBECCA GIBIAN
The title page of the 1516 Genoese Polyglot Psalter (courtesy of Kestenbaum & Co.)
March 10, 2017, 10:41 am
Unread copy of 16th-century multilingual Psalms, loathed by Columbus’s son, up for auction
Also on the block at NY sale next week, first printing of a George Washington speech to Congress with a shout-out to the Rhode Island Jewish community
By Ilan Ben Zion
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (C) walks with Prime Minister Davutoglu (R) in Ankara, November 10, 2014. (AFP/Adem Altan)
November 18, 2014, 9:58 pm
Erdogan slams ridicule of his ‘Muslims discovered Americas’ claim
Turkish president wants his revised history taught in schools to promote Islamic contributions to science
By Fulya Ozerkan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) at a ceremony at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkish Republic’s founder, marking the anniversary of his death, on November 10, 2014 in Ankara (photo credit: AFP/Adem Altan)
November 15, 2014, 9:24 pm
Erdogan: Muslims found Americas first
Turkish president contends that Islamic explorers set foot on Cuba as early as 1178, before Christopher Columbus ever got there
By AFP
Barbara Aiello
October 11, 2014, 9:50 am
Barbara Aiello
Who can save Columbus Day? The Jews
Cristoforo Colombo changed the world with his voyage and sprinkled his correspondence with Hebrew
Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom is Jamaica's only remaining synagogue. (Courtesy of Congregation Kahal Kadosh Shaare Shalom via JTA)
December 24, 2012, 4:22 pm
Jamaican Jews see intermarriage, conversion as their future
Assimilation and emigration present the greatest challenges to one of the western hemisphere’s oldest communities
By Debra Rubin
Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park, Chicago, Illinois (photo credit: CC-BY 2.0 davidwilson1949, Flickr)
From the WebMay 20, 2012, 11:55 pm
Was Columbus secretly a Jew?
Liberating Jerusalem from the Muslims was Christopher Columbus’ true passion, writes Charles Garcia for CNN
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