The Late Dr. Yitzhak Raphael
(Continued from last week) Raphael served as a Knesset Member for 26 years. During that entire period he was a member of the prestigious Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security. […]
The Hebrew Treasures of the Russian State Library
The Russian State Library in Moscow– until recently called the V.I. Lenin National Library of the Soviet Union – held an exhibition of Hebrew books last June. The exhibition was […]
‘Preserved Evidence- Ghetto Lodz’ (Vol. 2)
Anna Eilenberg Eibeshitz published several books about the Shoah in recent years, inlcuding the autobiographical Breaking the Silence and Sisters in the Storm as well as two volumes on Women […]
New Book About Lodz Ghetto
(Conclusion) Most of the testimonies published in Preserved Evidence were, seemingly gathered in recent years. Decades earlier, the same survivors were reluctant to testify about their sufferings and experiences during […]
Liepman Philip Prins – A Prince in Israel
Liepman Philip Prins- His Scholarly Correspondence, which was published by Ktav some time ago, presents us with the story and scholarly correspondence of an extraordinary man: A layman steeped in […]
“Rabbi Maimon in His Generations”
(Continued from last week) The Bibliophile Rabbi Maimon was probably the greatest lover and collector of Sefarim of our time. The love of books was implanted in him by his […]
The Hanover Haggadah, 1861
Historical sources attest to the presence of Jews in Hanover’s Altstadt (old city) in 1292. Suffering during the Black Death persecutions as well as expulsion were the lot of the […]
The Venice Haggadah of 1609
Though only few copies of the Venice Haggadah of 1609 are extant, many a reader may have a feeling that he had already seen quite a number of its pictures; […]
Rabbi Simha Kook
Rabbi Simha Kook is the scion of well-known Jerusalem families. His grandfather Rabbi Dov Kook, was a brother of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Chief Rabbi of Modern Palestine. […]
An Anthology Of Customs And Last Wills By Prominent Rabbis
Asher Tetzaveh – the name is derived from Bereshit 18:19, “For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the […]