Pearl

הגיע לידי גליון הדואר מיום ט”ז בשבט תשל”ד ובעמוד 236 מצאתי הערתו של ט. פרשל לעדותו של ריב”ל בענין ספרים הנדפסים על ידי נוכרים, וראיתי להעיר שדברי ריב”ל כבר ציינתי […]

Last November 9, Frankfurt’s new Jewish museum was opened. The event was planned to coincide with the Kristallnacht commemorations, which were held throughout the Federal Republic of Germany. Of the […]

Among the Kinnot we recite on the night of Tisha B’Av is one which describes the mourning of the hosts of heaven over the destruction of the Temple. Not only […]

With the approach of Passover, my thoughts inevitably turn back to an event which took place on Hol HaMoed Pesah five years ago. Nowhere else, even in Israel itself is […]

In the late 1940s, Paltiel (Phillip) Birnbaum was engaged in preparing an English translation of the daily prayer book. He would  frequently visit the late Rabbi Hayim Heller to consult […]

The Mediterranean is calm and beautiful. The S.S. Izmir plows it s way through the blue waters. It is Friday, late in the afternoon. “All Jewish passengers aboard are invited […]

Some time ago, Mesorah Publications put out a book about the late Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh, Rabbi Eleazar Menahem Man Schach. The book is titled Rav Schach on Chumash. The […]

(Continued from last week) Raphael served as a Knesset Member for 26 years. During that entire period he was a member of the prestigious Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security. […]