Love And Hate: What Did Rav Kook Say?
While Rav Kook's love for the Jewish people knew no bounds, one should not think that he was some sort of liberal, reform rabbi who believed that everyone was free to do his own thing, G-d forbid.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 97
When I returned later in the evening, Hubby was in bed but wide awake. I asked him if he remembered his birthday party. He said no” I asked if he remembered the wonderful birthday cake with his picture on it. He said Yes! thus, a bit of the day was actually savored.
Chaim Weizmann And The Weizmann Institute
Weizmann’s role as a founding father of the State of Israel is well known; less known is his role as a scientist – specifically as a pioneering biochemist.
Meeting Alexander Imich, 111-Years Old
Imich was born in 1903 in Poland, where he later earned his Ph.D. in 1927, despite the best efforts of anti-Semitic professors to sabotage his thesis
A Vintage Matzah Box & A Barton’s Megillah
Indeed, your Esther scroll with case dates to 1953. It is unclear if Barton’s Chocolate Company kept re-releasing this Esther scroll every Purim throughout the 1950s and 60s...
Zionism Returns To Its Roots
The Ripple Effects of the Victories of Right-Wing Slates at the 2020 WZO Election
A Moses Montefiore – David Roberts Connection
Correspondence between two famous personalities are particularly valued by collectors, particularly when it establishes a heretofore unknown connection between the individuals involved.
From The Ashes: A Machzor
The title page features a harrowing illustration of a Torah ark engulfed in flames, underscored by a verse taken from the Binding of Isaac.
A 1915 Siddur – Published By The German Army
By publishing this siddur, the government wished to demonstrate its egalitarian values.
Word Prompt – SECOND CHANCES – Dr. Chani Miller
I’m sure at the beginning it was about being frugal, about coming to America with nothing and painstakingly creating something; it was about scrimping pennies so you could buy the basics that we take for granted, like milk, like fresh eggs, like a tea bag.
Word Prompt – MIRIAM – Shani Taragin
Miriam – a woman of water and wellness, in whose merit a miraculous well provided Bnei Yisrael with water in the wilderness for forty years, sustained the fledgling nation physically and spiritually.
Roman Vishniac’s Preservation Of A Vanished Jewish World
He used his photographs to increase awareness in America and the western world of Nazi persecution and Hitler’s extermination plans for the Jewish people.
Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, And The Nazis
Walt never met with Hitler, but it is beyond dispute that the Fuhrer adored Disney’s work.
The Lupovici Cousins: Tragedy And Mystery
We met very special people as we navigated this quest for history.
The First Printed Tikun Leil Shavuot
It’s a sacred Jewish custom to study on the nights of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba; to read from Torah, Nevi'im, Mishnah and Talmud, Aggadah and Kabbalistic books…
They All Sang In Hebrew (Continued From Last Week)
Many of Dylan’s songs are replete with biblical references hearkening back to his Jewish studies in childhood.
A Ten Coarse Affair
Since this is a very frum wedding, men and women do not sit together. And it is all glatt, perilously close to glatt gluttony.
Judge Ruchie Freier Sworn into New York State Supreme Court as First Chassidic Female...
Judge Freier’s daughter and COO of Ezras Nashim, Leah Freier Levine, recounted how her mother would listen to people say she couldn’t do things, then do them anyway.
The Incredible Rav Yehuda Leib Maimon
Though Rav Maimon lost his battle to include the phrase “and its redeemer,” he had the final word when, after Ben-Gurion completed his speech at the signing ceremony that fateful Friday afternoon, he rose and proudly recited the Shecheyanu blessing.
The Origins Of Magen David Adom
MDA in Israel was arguably born twice: first after World War I and then again in 1930.
A Reminder Of The Jewish Community Of Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Jews were among the first Europeans to settle in Bulawayo; the first white child born there, in April, 1984, was Jewish.
Word Prompt – YITZCHAK – Anat Coleman
Over these past few weeks, with the loss of so many lives and the fates of so many others unknown, it's been a challenge and struggle to laugh.
Lamed Vavniks Who Aren’t Afraid to Get Their Hands Dirty
Rabbi Mendy Rosenberg, a Viznitzer chassid, stands outside his Williamsburg tire shop in rain, sun, sleet and snow, repairing flat tires and replacing old worn ones. Located in an area that was once an industrial area, the shop seems to be out of place on an island sandwiched between towering new building complexes, part of Williamsburg's building boom to accommodate the ever growing Chassidic population.
A Feud For The Ages: A History Of The Jews And The Church (Part...
It’s difficult to sort out the historical person from the figure who was later deified in the Christian bible.
Bernard Baruch: ‘America First’
On the one hand, he was not a Zionist in the sense of supporting Eretz Yisrael as a Jewish state and he publicly proclaimed that he was not a political Zionist.
The Zionism Of Winston Churchill
Some people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.
The Sparks Of Judaism Come Alive In Belarus
Two and a half decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Belarus is still in many ways a communist country.
Purim Miscellany With Intriguing Backstories
Beautiful flowers will grow in the garden, they are the Children of Israel. From the heat of the sun they will swim, from heaven’s dew they will bloom again!
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