In July 1944, it was announced that a new Liberty ship under construction was to be named for Benjamin Franklin Peixotto (November 1834-September 1890). The descendant of a distinguished…
Imagine having a passion for mathematics but lacking the language to express it. Math, with all of its detailed and complex problem solving, is an extremely visual field of study. Because…
Jewish Treats presents a biography of Uriah P. Levy, the U.S.’s first Jewish commodore.
Born in Philadelphia in 1792, Levy took to the seas early (some sources report that he was 10 and…
