In the Avigdor School magazine, dreams of becoming a princess stand alongside memories of starvation. The magazine offered an outlet for the memories of Jewish children after World War Two.
The Incarnations of the “Avinu Malkeinu” Piyut from the Talmud to Barbara Streisand
Take a musical voyage through three melodies written to different verses from the “Avinu Malkeinu” prayer, embarking from the widespread Ashkenazi tune, passing through a familiar Chassidic niggun and ending with Max Janowski’s melody.
The Christian Who Set the Talmud’s Layout
Whether it is in school, yeshiva or university, the Gemara (Talmud) page looks exactly the same: Gemara text in middle, and Rashi and Tosafot commentary in both sides.
When Romeo and Juliet Became Ram and Yael
The original translations of Shakespeare’s works from English to Hebrew have a curious past and may be older than you think.
The Value of The Individual – According to Mathias Aharon Friedmann.
“The urge of the Individual to survive leads to the formation of the Collective Self that ultimately leads to the consolidation of the Morality of the Nation” writes Aharon Mathias Friedmann, descendant of a well-known Romanian Hasidic family of Bohush (Buhuși), in the culmination period of Jewish emancipation in Romania in 1916.
The Israeli Declaration of Independence as You’ve Never Seen It Before
Arthur Szyk’s magnificent artwork on the Declaration of Independence highlights the deep, meaningful connection between the new Jewish state and the ancient Jewish past.
Celebrate Israeli Independence in NYC, 1969!
In 1969 photographer Yael Rozen happened to be in New York City just in time for the Israeli Independence Day parade. View the photos from the joyous event in the Big Apple.
That Time the Pope Approved the Talmud
Today, 500 years ago, Pope Leo X approved the printing of the first complete edition of the Babylonian Talmud.
The Story of a Dying Community: A Diary from the Amsterdam Jewish Community at the End of WWII
An anonymous Jew describes the last months of World War II in Amsterdam. This city, once a large and vibrant Jewish center, turns into a ghost town before his eyes, while he and a handful of Jews try against all odds to survive.
Abba Kovner and the Jewish Avengers
“Better to fall as free fighters than to live by the mercy of the murderers. Arise! Arise with your last breath!”
