“Thessaloniki Jewry’s wealth made the city a major center of Sephardic Jewry in the Ottoman Empire”Read the latest installment
Thessaloniki Jewry’s wealth made the city a major center of Sephardic Jewry in the Ottoman Empire
Remarkably, many Jewish soldiers did manage to uphold their faith under fire
Remarkably, many Jewish soldiers did manage to uphold their faith under fire
Sir Moses Montefiore of Great Britain and Judah Touro of the United States shared a dream of a…
The origin story of the miraculous rebirth of the Torah world after the Holocaust is captivating
“The ghetto has been struck a hard blow. They demand what is most dear to it— children and…
For Rav Naeh, this forced sojourn in a foreign land could have been a footnote in a life…
One can only speculate as to the dramatic impact an actual trip by Rav Chaim Ozer to America…
This forced sojourn in a foreign land could have been a footnote inRav Avraham Chaim Naeh's. Instead, it…
The Chofetz Chaim: “While we sit below and try to be mesaken olamosAbove, the Leshem sits Above and…
“You want the mission to be successful? Go when Torah is being studied”
On a sweltering Friday afternoon, June 9, 1876, an extraordinary scene played out
For just 25 cents a Jewish immigrant could purchase America’s founding documents rendered into the familiar rhythms of…
Rav Elye Pruzhaner’s accomplishments demand a place in our collective memory
The Pletzl is the historic Jewish quarter nestled within Paris’s Marais district
"A forgotten postcard from 1935 Knyszyn helped shape the future of Torah in America"
An unexpected surprise awaits the casual visitor: the Jewish grave of the only officer in the entire cemetery…
Most of the information we have for him comes from oral traditions among Unterland Hungarian Jewry
The blood libel was leveled collectively against the Jews of Massena
In the winter of 1916, amid the economic pressures of immigrant life, a dispute erupted on Rivington Street
TheTriangle Shirtwaist Factory blaze claimed the lives of 146 workers, mostly young Jewish women
Over seven decades after the Ruzhiner’s midnight ride from Russia to Austria, his descendants were to complete his…
A surprising solution arrived at the yeshivah’s doorstep almost immediately after Rav Doniel’s return
With deep rabbinic lineage rooted in both Brisk and Kerestir, his future as a Torah leader was all…
The Tiferes Yisrael shul,also known as “the Nissan Bak shul,” was dedicated in 1872
This time, it would not be Mordechai and Esther who saved Persian Jewry, but rather their own brethren…
Jews enjoyed a level of prosperity under the relatively benign six centuries of Ottoman rule
The Zion Blumenthal Orphanage’s initial home was one of the most imposing structures in all of Jerusalem
The Madagascar Plan, the idea of resettling Europe’s Jews to Madagascar
How the spark of Torah learning persevered on American shores
This Thursday, the 16th of Teves, marks the 23rd yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Kreiswirth
In the months following the capture of the Hermon, Aryeh Zur of Beersheva formally established the Golan Ski…
