Jerusalems of the Exile
Several years ago I wrote in Ohr HaMizrach (vol. 24, numbers, 3-4, Nissan-Tammuz 5740) about the “Jerusalems of the Exile”. I listed cities and towns, which Jews called “second” or […]
New Biography of Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky ZTL
Melech Beyofyo (“The King in his Beauty”) is the name of an extensive biography of the late Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky which recently came off the press in Jerusalem. The two […]
Dr. Hillel Seidman Passes Away
Author of Warsaw Ghetto Diary Dr. Hillel Seidman, one of the best-known religious Jewish writers and journalists died Monday, Ellul 2, (August 28) in New York. He was reported to […]
Lubavitch in Hungary
The night before I left Budapest to return to New York, I phoned Rabbi Baruch Oberlander, the Lubavitch emissary in Hungary for for some information. When I apologized for phoning […]
The Rabbinic Periodical VaYelaket Yosef
VaYelaket Yosef, a rabbinic fortnightly, appeared in Bonyhad, Hungary for 20 years, from 1898-1917. The journal’s publisher and editor was Rabbi Yosef HaKohen Schwartz, a son of Rabbi Naftali HaKohen […]
Translations of the Talmud
To the Editor: I read with great interest Rabbi Adam Mintz’ “Words, Meaning and Spirit. The Talmud in Translation,” The Torah U-Madda Journal 5 (1994). Rabbi Mintz deals largely with […]
‘The Rebbe – The Story of Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer’
(Continuation) Soon after his arrival in Berlin, Rabbi Hildesheimer established an institution there, as he did in Eisenstadt, for the education of the young. He was assisted in running the […]
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 […]
Toledot Yitzhak
Some time ago, “Moznaim,” published a beautiful new edition of Toledot Yitzhak, Rabbi Yitzhak Caro’s commentary on the Torah, which was first printed in Constantinople in 1518. Rabbi Yitzhak Caro, […]
Murder in Hevron
A short time ago, at the end of the month of Av, Rabbi Shlomo Ra’anan was murdered by an Arab terrorist in his caravan home at Tel Rumeida, Hevron. Rabbi […]