Clik here to view.
Benjamin Franklin And The Jews
Any document from the Revolutionary War period relating to Jewish soldiers, particularly those killed or wounded for the cause, is truly extraordinary and monumentally rare, let alone one originally...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Torah Scholar Ensures Publication Of His Sefer Despite A Lifetime Of...
Despite odds stacked against the work being written and published, it managed to survive and has become a classic in Torah commentary, being both brilliant and original in its content.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
The Judaism And Zionism Of Holocaust Survivor Anna Freud
She was particularly interested in whether the future of the Jewish nation in the Land of Israel would also affect the state of psychoanalysis, and whether the new ties to the land would cause the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
R. Tavyumi’s Unpublished Work
Other than the main subject of this sefer – brilliant commentary on the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides – the volume's pages were filled by the author with various other content, which I found most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jewish Farming In America
The Federation also gave Jewish farmers more purchasing power by, among other things, launching a bureau that liberally granted credit to struggling farmers who needed assistance and offering reduced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manuscript Of Rav Shmelke Of Nikolsburg Sold
While the provenance of this handwriting was good, having been owned and kept within the family of the Ruzhin/Sadigura rebbes, authenticating such handwriting can be a challenge, being that almost no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ‘Status Quo’ Agreement And Shabbat Observance In The Early Days Of Israel
During Israel’s early years, the general public mostly accepted the Status Quo Agreement for several reasons, including that most Jews who were not observant were still generally traditional; there was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Was ‘Jack The Ripper’ Jewish?
Innumerable bizarre theories are still floating around regarding the identity of Jack the Ripper, including one that identifies Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clash Of Agunah Crisis Solutions
This Letter was written by Rabbi Chaim Oizer Grodzinsky, dated 1938, a few months before his passing.
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘The Button Of Tears And Blood’
My introduction to this era was the purchase of a small celluloid pinback button which had a paper insert dated 1916 on the reverse.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hello, Dali!
Dali was also influenced by his experiences in Spain, where Jewish culture has a long and complex history, and he may have been drawn to Jewish themes as a way to explore the intersection of different...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Karaite Marriage Controversy
In the Shulchan Aruch, the Rema forbids marriage with Karaites, though historically, we have many records of Karaites rejoining the Rabbinate community and numerous rabbinical authorities have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fromental Halevy’s Jewish Music And The Antisemitism Of Frederic Chopin
Halévy’s seminal work, La Juive (“The Jewess,”1835), essentially a “one-hit wonder” for him that became one of the cornerstones of the French repertory for a century, was one of the grandest of grand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Insightful 19th Century Ladino Calendars
These calendars, printed in the late 19th and first half of the 20th century, shed a bright light on the life in these unique communities and cultures and the language spoken by the Jews within, Ladino...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Antisemitism Of Melvil Dewey And The American Dreyfus Affair
Although he presented a supremely confident public face, Dewey was deeply concerned that the Regents would fire him. Accordingly, he and his two greatest supporters, Funk and Singer, commenced an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Responsa Of Rav Shlomo Kluger
He was a prolific writer, writing more than 160 books, many of which were printed.
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Many – And Sometimes Debatable – Medical Contributions Of Henry Heimlich
A medical maverick, he frequently challenged prevailing medical norms, maintaining his faith in his own theories and abilities in the face of strong opposition, and he was colorful and combative when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Baghdadi Siddur From Lithuania
In some of his book catalogs that have survived, as well as ads he placed in newspapers promoting his bookstore, we find many titles from European presses of the day, indicating that he was in close...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ‘Israel In Palestine’ Pavilion At The Paris Exposition Of 1937
Although the Pavilion drew broad and favorable media coverage and won awards, it ultimately failed in its greater purpose: to sell the nations of the world on the idea that Jewish resettlement of Eretz...
View Article