Tag: Thisweek
The Megillah of Survival // The legacy of a Purim...
There are plenty of beautiful megillahs that you’ll see on Purim, some illustrated, some with clear large letters, some laid out strikingly on the...
The Jewish Prince of Persia // The Amazing Saga of a...
On the night of Purim, when the baal keriah joyfully reads the Megillah that relates the ancient story of the Persian ruler who reigned...
Hiding Under Hate // Pinchas Rosenbaum masqueraded as a Nazi ...
The young Pinchas Rosenbaum had an array of disguises. He could appear as a German SS officer, a soldier in the Hungarian Arrow Cross...
Should Standing by be a Crime? // Prof. Amos Guiora is...
Someone had informed on them.
The girl and her mother had been in hiding, in an attic in Budapest. Every day, an elderly Catholic woman...
Returning to Radin // The Chofetz Chaim’s yeshivah will become...
There are few gedolim like the Chofetz Chaim (1838-1933), whose influence can be only partly measured by the ubiquity of both his sefarim and...
The Big Picture // When all the pieces fit together, you...
There’s an old saying that to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I am, by training and inclination, a professional criminal prosecutor. To...
Drawing the Line // The Threat to Jewish Education ...
It’s always a pleasure to meet an overseas personage in your own neck of the woods, or even on your side of the pond....
Digging for the Future
We’ve been waiting a long time for the arrival of the special vehicle that will take us to our next destination. According to the...
Poland and the Holocaust // A Never-Ending Controversy?
The Book that started it all
“One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half.” Those were the...
On The Ground In Jewish Georgia // A traveler to Tbilisi...
Imagine a small Eurasian country, finally free after seven decades of Soviet domination, now besieged, at times, by larger aggressive neighbors. Imagine a small...
