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Dr. Yoel Finkelman
Dr. Yoel Finkelman is the former curator of the Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel
Diaspora
What happened when rabbinic courts in Morocco were under the authority of the French colonial government?
Land of Israel
Moshe David Gaon realized that the contributions of Sephardic Jews had been overlooked by historians, well before it dawned on others. He dedicated his professional life to making things right. His personal archive, a collection of critical significance to Jewish history and culture, is preserved today at the National Library of Israel
If not for the efforts of “Rabbi Eli”, much of what we know about this particular Moroccan Jewish community would likely have been lost forever…
Judaism
Leifheit bat Asher owned a copy of the oldest printed Jewish prayer book. Was she also called to the Torah?
A look at the Kabbalistic significance of the Counting of the Omer, which culminates in the festival of Shavuot
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