page_title: Strange to Relate
hierarchical_section_title: Strange to Relate
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Rabbi Philip R. Alstat, to go with article about him.
context_page_description: Strange to Relate was the name of a weekly syndicated newspaper column written by Rabbi Philip R. Alstat, that appeared in the Jewish press for almost 40 years, from 1938 through 1976, the year of Alstat's death. It first appeared in The Jewish Youth Journal and The American Examiner.
  The column was sometimes referred to as a mixture of journalism, Jewish education and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
context_section_description: Strange to Relate was the name of a weekly syndicated newspaper column written by Rabbi Philip R. Alstat, that appeared in the Jewish press for almost 40 years, from 1938 through 1976, the year of Alstat's death. It first appeared in The Jewish Youth Journal and The American Examiner.
  The column was sometimes referred to as a mixture of journalism, Jewish education and "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
caption: Rabbi Philip R. Alstat, c.1920
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