Rabbi Solomon Sassoon
The Sassoon were called the “Rothschilds of the East.” In the first half of the nineteenth century, David Sassoon, a scion of a family of Jewish community leaders of Baghdad, […]
The Bene-Israel in the Land of Israel
Soon after the establishment of the State of Israel, thousands of Bene-Israel immigrated there. They settled all over the country, mixing with the local Jewish population and with Jewish immigrants […]
The Late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s Einei HaEda
Einei HaEda (The Eyes of the Community) is the name of the late Rabbi Symcha Elberg’s latest book, which appeared posthumously a short time ago. The Hebrew volume, carrying the […]
At the Haffkine Institute in Bombay
In 1896 the bubonic plague broke out in Bombay. The Indian government asked Waldemar M. Haffkine to investigate the cause of the plague and to attempt to develop a vaccine […]
Waldemar Haffkine (Mordecai Zeev) On the 70th Anniversary of His Death
The 3rd of Heshvan 5761 will mark the 70th anniversary of the death of Waldemar (Mordecai Zeev) Haffkine, the famous bacteriologist who discovered vaccines against the cholera and the bubonic […]
The Sale of Sassoon Manuscripts
On May 12, [1981] important Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts from the famous collection of David Sassoon were auctioned off in Sotheby Parke Bernet on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. […]
The Jews of India
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 […]
The Jews of Cochin in India
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 […]