Book Review: Historical Atlas ...
A cartographic reference work on Hasidism, the movement that developed in 18th century Europe to become one of the largest and most important factions in Judaism.
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Remembering Dvinsk provides a lucid account, without painting a romantic picture, of life in this historic town.
read moreAntique, Illuminated Megillahs...
“Reading from a beautifully illuminated manuscript that rolls out of an exquisitely gilt scroll case has been the traditional mode of beautifying the Purim mitzvah of reading the Megillat Esther,” says Jonathan Greenstein, founder and expert-in-charge at J. Greenstein and Company.
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The Current Crisis: “Even in L...
The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish was set on fire, and graffiti, consisting of a passage from the Siddur, asking that “the worshippers of idols be destroyed” was found scrawled on the walls, in Hebrew.
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Christians Beheaded and Burned...
Ten years ago, supporters of the Jewish state, in Israel and abroad, wore orange to show solidarity with the 10,000 Jewish residents of Gush Katif
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Englewood’s New Charter School...
Raphael Bachrach, founder and a member of the Englewood-Orthodox community who has been shepherding the concept of a Hebrew-immersion charter school
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