A Visit to Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer
It was in the summer of 1948. I was being transferred from a camp in the central sector of Israel to the northern front. On my way, I had to […]
Carl Lutz — The Unsung Rescue Hero Of Budapest’s Jews
On Dob-utca, near the great Dohany Synagogue of Budapest, stands the monument in honor of Consul Carl (Charles) Lutz. It depicts a man, lying on the ground, calling for help, […]
A Hundred Years of Religious Zionism
The Mizrachi, founded a century ago in Vilna, celebrates this year 100 years of religious Zionism. The opening evening of the 27th World Conference of Mizrachi, held recently in Jerusalem, […]
The Final Volume of the Torah Journal VaYelaket Yosef Appears
The Kol Aryeh Research Institute was founded in 1949 by Rabbi Eliezer Ehrenreich, formerly rabbi of Mad, Hungary for the purpose of perpetuating and disseminating the spiritual legacy of his […]
Reprint of Torah Periodical VaYelaket Yosef
During the 20 years of its existence (5659-5678, 1899-1918), the Torah periodical VaYelaket Yosef was one of the most important of its time. It was eagerly sought after by students […]
Prof. Selman A. Waksman
Dr. Selman A. Waksman, the discoverer of Streptomycin, is an admirer of Waldemar Haffkine. I wonder how many readers know who Haffkine was? I’m sure many know he was an […]
Physician Only Has Permission to Heal…
Dr. Michael Braver writes in his Pe’er Yitzhak that Rabbi Yitzhak Eisik of Zhidachov was once asked to pray for a sick person. When he was told that the doctor […]
Dramatic Episode From Six Day War
Shortly after the Six Day War, Col. Mordechai Gur, who commanded the paratroop brigade with liberated the Old City of Jerusalem was appointed military advisor of the Israeli delegation in […]
Shabbetai Don-Yehiya : Editor of Hatsofe
He forcefully voices religious Jewry’s views on current affairs and problems of the State, and in a brilliant manner, he sets forth their attitudes and demands. He writes with much […]
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
It was about a week after Pesach. My wife and I were sitting in the villa of Shmuel Yosef Agnon in the Talpiot section of Jerusalem. Time passed quickly in […]