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 […]
Menachem Begin, Z”L- Man of Faith and Tradition
On his First Yahrzeit Last week was Menachem Begin’s first Yahrzeit. This and the following articles were written with the reverence and love, which we, former soldiers of the Irgun […]
Moshe Dayan
The ballroom of the Hilton Hotel was packed to capacity. Three thousand delegates and guests attended the banquet of the United Jewish Appeal’s annual conference at which Moshe Dayan, Israel’s […]
A Visit to Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer
It was in the summer of 1948. I was being transferred from a camp in the central sector of Israel to the northern front. On my way, I had to […]
The New Chief Rabbis of Israel
The third of Elul is a significant date in the history of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. On the third of Elul in the year 5670 (1919), Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak […]
Stories about Yitzhak Ben Zvi, the Second President of Israel
The late Rabbi Shmuel HaKohen Weingarten was a well known rabbinic scholar and author who wrote in four languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, Hungarian and German. Brought up in Hungary, where he […]
Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon
Rabbi Refael Aharon Ben Shimon, a native of Rabat, Morocco, grew up in Yerushalayim and served as the Chief Rabbi of Cairo for three decades (1891-1921). An outstanding Talmid Chochom and Posek who led his flock with strict adherence […]
Gershon Nof’s Book About the Ridbaz
Gershon Nof presented us recently with a full biography of Rabbi Yaakov David Willowski, known throughout the Torah world as Rabbi Yaakov David ben Zeev- the Ridbaz- the author of […]
Rabbi K. Kahane – PAI Leader
We did not talk “politics”. For the past years the participation of Poale Agudat Israel in the Mapai-led Israel cabinet and PAI’s relations with Agudat Israel, its parent body, have […]
Begin
There is a difference between Begin the political speaker and Begin the lecturer. Begin’s political oratory is packed with emotion whereas the tone of his lectures is serene. There pathos […]