The Beautiful but Unused Chuppah Room of the Leningrad Synagogue
The report in the media of the celebration of religious marriages for a group of Russian-Jewish couples, who came to the U.S. in recent years brought back to me memories […]
The Baal Shem of Michelstadt
The Baal Shem of Michelstadt Impressions of a visit to his native town Rabbi Yitzhak Arye (Sekel Loeb) Wormser, known as the Baal Shem of Michelstadt, was one of […]
Tudela, Spain
A large stone tablet affixed to a house in the former Jewish quarter of Tudela in Spain pays homage to the Jewish traveler Benjamin, “son of Yona of Navarre, who […]
Journey to Jordan
Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a modern and thriving city. Fifty years ago, when the British cut off the territory east of the Jordan from historic Palestine, and installed […]
Casablanca
A short time ago the Religious Council of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality awarded the Rabbi Y. M. Toledano Prize for Torah Literature to Rabbi Shalom Messas for his recently published […]
The Jews of Athens
Sabbath morning. I didn’t know what head dress to wear – My regular hat, the “Kova Tembel” I had bought from Israel or a Yarmulke. I decided on the latter. […]
The Offenbach Haggadah, 1722
The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Offenbach, Germany, in 1722. It is largely the product of one family: Grandfather, father and son. The commentaries and discussions of […]
Kol Eliyahu- The voice of Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian zt”l
“Kol Eliyahu.” The voice of Elijah. The voice coming from the tape is that of Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian, one of the last outstanding exponents of the Mussar movement. A student […]
The Jewish Historical Museum of Belgrade
The Jewish Historical Museum of Belgrade was founded after World War II by survivors of the Holocaust who felt it their duty to collect material on the crimes against the […]
Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin
Much time has passed since I had seen him last. He has not changed much—the same white flowing beard, the thick dense eyebrows, the clever eyes twinkling from behind the […]