The Jews of East Berlin
Travel Impressions About five hundred Jews live in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) They are dispersed over eight communities. Two hundred live in East Berlin. The East Berlin Jewish […]
‘Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz, Z”TL’
(Continued from last week) Against the expectations of Captain Shtaier, it was in the Hungarian areas through which he passed, and not in the German occupied territories that his scheme […]
Hebrew Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatino in Parma
(Continued) In his introduction, Benjamin Richler tells us about the catalogue’s description of the manuscripts. “For practical reasons, we have chosen to describe the 1600 manuscripts of the Palatina collection […]
Rabbi Shmuel Hubner
In 1952, a Yiddish translation of the Talmud, tractate “Baba Kama” by Rabbi Shmuel Hubner appeared. Nine yeears later his translation of “Baba Metzia” was published. These editions proved to […]
Dr. Hillel Seidman Passes Away
Author of Warsaw Ghetto Diary Dr. Hillel Seidman, one of the best-known religious Jewish writers and journalists died Monday, Ellul 2, (August 28) in New York. He was reported to […]
Lubavitch in Hungary
The night before I left Budapest to return to New York, I phoned Rabbi Baruch Oberlander, the Lubavitch emissary in Hungary for for some information. When I apologized for phoning […]
‘The Rebbe – The Story of Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer’
(Continuation) Soon after his arrival in Berlin, Rabbi Hildesheimer established an institution there, as he did in Eisenstadt, for the education of the young. He was assisted in running the […]
The Hidden Books of the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus
Judaica auctions in Israel are timed to take place around the period of the Jewish holidays, when the country is flooded with visitors from abroad. “Judaic Jerusalem” which is headed […]
Toledot Yitzhak
Some time ago, “Moznaim,” published a beautiful new edition of Toledot Yitzhak, Rabbi Yitzhak Caro’s commentary on the Torah, which was first printed in Constantinople in 1518. Rabbi Yitzhak Caro, […]
Hanukkah Customs of Aleppo Jewry
The Jewish community of Aleppo Syria is one of the oldest in the world. The Jews of that community identify their city as the Biblical Aram Tzova and call it […]