Stefan Zweig Exhibition in Jerusalem
On June 20th, the exhibition “Stefan Zweig ” a European from Austria” opened at the Jewish National and University Library of Jerusalem. It was organized by the municipality of Salzburg, […]
Stephen Klein- Head of Barton’s Chocolates
Two elderly men were walking along the Avenue. One had settled in this country many years ago, the other had arrived recently. They had not seen each other since childhood […]
I was a Dr. Schoenfeld “Kind”
I was a “Rabbi Schoenfeld Kind.” After the Kristallnacht pogrom of November, 1938, the British government declared its readiness to admit several thousand Jewish children into Great Britain. The Chief […]
The Vienna Haggadah, 1751
The Haggadah of which a reproduction is presented here was written and illustrated in Vienna in the year 1751 by Aaron Schreiber Herlingen, a well-known artist-scribe. Schreiber, who hailed from […]
The Kittsee Haggadah of 1782
For centuries after the invention of printing in Europe, the use of handwritten books was still widespread. There were always individuals who preferred, particularly on festive occasions, to use a […]
The Oppenheim Haggadah, 1719
The illustrated Haggadah, a facsimile of which is presented here, was produced in 1719 by the scribe Meshullam Zimel. He was one of the 18th century artist-scribes, who wrote and […]