Articles by Pearl (Preschel) Herzog

More than one hundred fifty years ago, before the invention of the car or airplane, it was rare to find a single woman attempt to travel the long dangerous journey […]

Known as the wisest and holiest woman in Kurdistan, (see side bar on Kurdish Jewry) seventeenth century Osnat (Barazani) Mizrachi was not only renown for her Torah wisdom but both […]

In the library of Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of Technology is a 1998 master’s thesis entitled “The Wedding Costume of Frances Hart Sheftall.” Its author, Lisa Frisina, devotes page after page […]

A story is related about a man with an ailing foot who had visited several doctors in order to ameliorate his pain. Not having success with them, he decided to […]

The Best Accommodations The Story of World-Class Hostess, Jennie Grossinger With her hardworking spirit and genuine interest in every person, Jennie Grossinger turned her family’s wildly successful resort into a […]

More than 150 years ago there lived in Yerushalayim a most colorful personality: Rabbi Yaakov Ibn Sapir. A brilliant talmid chacham and linguist, he was able to converse in Russian, […]

by Pearl Herzog The first Purim ever to be celebrated with the eating of hamantashen made with povidl (prune and plum jam) is believed to have taken place in 1731 […]

There is a custom practiced by descendants of the Baal Shem Tov and his students to observe an annual seudas hoda’ah on the last day of Pesach, in celebration of […]

By Pearl Herzog The city of Pinsk, under the sovereignty of Belarus since 1991 and devoid of Yiddishkeit for many decades, is at present experiencing a Jewish renaissance. Pinsk and […]

Born into immense wealth, Flora Sassoon could have easily strayed from the path of Torah. Instead, she became a legend in her time — raising strong frum Jews in the […]