The Jews of Haiti
Haiti occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Puerto Rico. The island was discovered by Columbus in 1492, on his first […]
Rabbi Judah Copperman
“I have given much thought to methods which could give our youth a thorough understanding and deep knowledge of our heritage, its beliefs, laws and ideas, “ Rabbi Dr. Judah […]
Midreshei Philo by the Late Dr. S. Belkin
The late Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva University, was one of the few Jewish scholars who devoted themselves to the study of the writings of Philo, the Alexandrian Jewish […]
Afikei Yehuda, A Volume in Memory of Rabbi Yehuda Gershuni, Z”L
In his youth Yehuda Gershuni was known in the Yeshiva world as Yudel Grodner (Yehuda of Grodno). The name stuck even after he had published articles and books under the […]
Tractate Ketubbot Called Talmud Katan
Next week the students of the Daf Yomi will commence the study of tractate Ketubbot. The large tractate deals not only with many Talmudic laws, but also discusses a large […]
New Piyutim by Rav Hai Gaon
A new collection of religious poems by Rav Hai Gaon was published recently in Israel by Yisrael Yitzhak Hasida. Rav Hai was the last of the Babylonian Gaonim, who for […]
Holocaust Commemoration in Budapest
Next Sunday, July 3, commemorative ceremonies on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry will be held in Budapest. The commemoration will take place at the […]
The Late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s Einei HaEda
Einei HaEda (The Eyes of the Community) is the name of the late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s latest book, which appeared posthumously a short time ago. The Hebrew volume, carrying the […]
The Rothschild Miscellany
More than 20 years ago, I was asked by a charitable institution to write an article about a Haggadah illustration found in the famous Rothschild Miscellany. This was my first […]
Several Versions of a Story
R. Paysach J. Krohn relates in his Around the Maggid’s Table the following story, which he heard from R. Yissachar Frand of Baltimore. Two people had a violent argument about […]