Yad David- Novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Joseph David Sinzheim
A new volume of Yad David, novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Joseph David Sinzheim, came off the press in Jerusalem some time ago. Rabbi Sinzheim was, in his time, […]
A new volume of Yad David, novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Joseph David Sinzheim, came off the press in Jerusalem some time ago. Rabbi Sinzheim was, in his time, […]
Rabbi Moshe Isserles, the great codifier, author of additions to Rabbi Yosef Caro’s Shulchan Aruch, reflecting the laws and customs of Ashkenazi Jewry, lived and taught in Cracow, where he […]
About five minutes walk from the Samuel Halevi Synagogue, in the area which was once the Juderia (Jewish quarter), is the Maria la Blanca Synagogue. This synagogue, too, is known […]
In the morning of our first day in Jassy, Dr. Caufman, the president of the community, took us to the new Jewish cemetery. “At one time all the area around […]
Amos Gutermann, who was our host Friday night is employed by a bank in Basle. He met his wife Ruth in Bnai Akiva, where he was her Madrikh. Amos studied […]
In the summer of 1973 I visited India with my wife and our youngest son Chaggai. In 1948 there had been about 29,000 Jews in India. 20,000 of these were […]
Last month “The New York Times” carried an article by its special correspondent Michael T. Kaufman describing the life of the small number of Jews who are still living in […]
For more than thirty-five years the name of Rabbi Y.E. Henkin has been synonymous with that of “Ezras Torah.” The Ezras Torah Fund was established in 1915 for the purpose […]
“Rebbe, do you recognize me?” asked a young man. He had come especially to Bnei Brak to greet his benefactor who had arrived for a visit in Israel. “I was […]
Consulting a map of Tarragona in order to find my way about the city, I noticed to my great surprise a street called Zamenhof. I could not believe my […]