HaMahzor Hameforash (Rosh Hashana)
The appearance of HaMahzor HaMeforash and similar publications is a sign of our time, which witnesses a great renaissance of Judaism. Not only the ignorant Jew, but also the educated […]
The Rosh’s Supercommentary on Tractate Hagiga
The Ofeq Institute of Euclid Ohio, which is devoted to the research and publication of rabbinic literature, has recently published Tosefot HaRosh on Tractate Hagiga, Rabbi Asher Ben Yehiel’s supercommentary […]
Mossad Harav Kook’s Encyclopedia of Hasidism
In his introduction to the first volume of Mossad HaRav Kook’s Hebrew Encyclopedia of Hasidism, which appeared in 1960 and which featured complete bibliographies of Hasidic writings, arranged according to […]
Hanukkah Customs of Aleppo Jewry
The Jewish community of Aleppo Syria is one of the oldest in the world. The Jews of that community identify their city as the Biblical Aram Tzova and call it […]
Moshe Kosovksy’s Otzar Leshon Talmud Yerushalmi
A short time ago the last volume of Moshe Kosovksy’s Otzar Leshon Talmud Yerushalmi (Concordance of the Jerusalem Talmud) was published in Jerusalem. The work, which is based on the […]
Itshak Holtz – Painter of Jewish Life
Itzhak Holtz is without doubt, one of the outstanding painters of traditional Jewish life. An observant Jew, he has painted Jewish types and scenes from Jewish life with great talent, […]
The Large Synagogue Exhibition in Frankfurt
The last 70 years have seen the publication of numerous books about Jewish houses of worship in different eras and countries, from the antique synagogues, unearthed by archeologists in the […]
Judaica Auction in Jerusalem (Nov. 5, 1992)
Next Thursday, November 5, the Israel Society of Judaica collectors will hold an auction of rare books, manuscripts, documents and works of art at the Jerusalem Plaza-Sheraton Hotel. The Society […]
The Late Rebbetzin Haya Miriam Elberg, Z”L
Rebbetzin Haya Miriam Elberg passed away on the 24th of Tevet (January 18) at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. The deceased was the widow of the late Rabbi Simha Elberg, who […]
Tuviah Friedman
The hunter is here. He has been instrumental in apprehending some thousand German War criminals. He spent years in tracking down Adolf Eichmann. Tuviah Friedman is still hunting. “Thousands of […]