The Hebrew Treasures of the Russian State Library
The Russian State Library in Moscow– until recently called the V.I. Lenin National Library of the Soviet Union – held an exhibition of Hebrew books last June. The exhibition was […]
The Hidden Books of the Mountain Jews of the Caucasus
Judaica auctions in Israel are timed to take place around the period of the Jewish holidays, when the country is flooded with visitors from abroad. “Judaic Jerusalem” which is headed […]
The Rabbi Abramsky Memorial Volume
Last week was the third anniversary of the death of Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky, one of the rabbinic luminaries of our generation. Rabbi Abramsky studied at Telz and other Yeshivas and […]
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin
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 […]
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 […]