The Jewish Archeological Remains in France
Several weeks ago, I took a train from Paris into the Jewish past. I travelled about an hour’s ride from the French capital to Rouen to visit the remains of […]
Palmyra
Palmyra has been in the news recently because of its capture by ISIS. Located in central Syria, about 130 miles northeast of Damascus, the historical treasures of the millenia-old city […]
Prague Passover Massacre 1389
On Pesach, more than six hundred years ago, as a result of young Jewish boys playing with some pebbles, almost the entire Prague community was massacred — three thousand Jews […]
Two Synagogues Named for Women
Two Jewish communities in Ukraine, one in the capital of Galicia known in Polish as Lvov (Lemberg in German) and the other in the small shtetl of Brahilov, were both distinguished […]
Reizes Brothers of Lemberg
Almost three hundred years ago the Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov) was traumatized when two of its spiritual leaders, the Av Beis Din, Rabbi Chaim ben Yizchok Halevi Reizes and […]
The Jews Who Did Not Wish To Make Aliyah
Many Jewish communities in the Diaspora have maintained traditions concerning the ancient origins of their settlement in the places of their exile. A surprising number also have accounts from the […]
The Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust
When the Nazis began their reign of terror, these four women were just young girls. Yet despite their age, they performed heroic acts, risking their lives for their fellow Jews. […]
Rebbetzin Gitel (Twersky) Weinberg
The joy-filled life of Rebbetzin Gitel Weinberg, whose sole purpose was to gladden the hearts of others. Just three weeks ago in Yerushalayim, Rebbetzin Gitel (Twersky) Weinberg—the link […]
Rav Yisrael Tzvi Weinberg,– Father of Tolna Rebbe
Rav Yisrael Tzvi Weinberg, who passed away this past Succos, left behind the fulfillment of his father-in-law’s last hope. Son-in-law of the previous Tolna Rebbe, father to the current Rebbe […]
The Kozhnitzer Rebbe- Rabbi Shimshon Sternberg
It’s the storyline in so many chassidishe ma’ases; the rebbe instructing the ba’alagole to prepare the horses, for they will be traveling. Where? It isn’t clear. Why? Equally vague. But […]