On Tuesday, October 8, a Judaica auction offering ceremonial art, paintings, illuminated Ketubot and illustrated manuscripts was held by Sotheby’s at the Tel Aviv Hilton. A most interesting item on […]
“One generation ago the sons returned to their heritage. We returned to Hevron, to the Cave of Machpela, to our fathers and mothers, to our roots in the country — […]
The Publications Institute of Jerusalem’s Yeshiva Ahavat Shalom, which is headed by the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel, has developed in recent years into a major publisher of rabbinic […]
Recently, a book about the late Rav Moshe Avigdor Amiel, leader and ideologist of the Mizrachi and author of original works of the Talmud, came off the press in Jerusalem. […]
Some time ago, I leafed through some old Jewish newspapers. There was the first issue of HaDerekh, published in Zurich by the Central Office of the Agudath Israel. It carried […]
Three weeks ago, Yeshayahu Vinograd, director of the Institute for Computerized Bibliography in Jerusalem, came for a short visit to New York. He brought with him his eagerly awaited Thesaurus […]
During the German occupation of Hungary, members of the Zionist youth movements — “the Zionist underground” — played a major role in the rescue of Jews by the mass […]
“In about six months, the 22nd volume of the Talmudic Encyclopedia will come off the press.” Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner, the executive director of the encyclopedia told us when we visited […]
Two weeks ago. my wife and I had the honor and privilege to attend an extraordinary Torah celebration. A festive dinner was held in honor of the 60th anniversary of […]
A very large number of supercommentaries have been composed on Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. The author of the supercommnetaries include Gedolei Yisrael who felt impelled to explain and […]