This very striking image of Captain Dreyfus on trial at Rennes is from the Vanity Fair issue of September 7th, 1899. The Dreyfus Affair was a scandal that rocked France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A Jewish artillery captain in the French army, Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), was falsely convicted of passing … Continue reading Captain Alfred Dreyfus – from Vanity Fair, London 1899.
Month: November 2021
Ro’ui LeVilah or Roya La-Bilah (Proper Mingling) by Rabbi Pinchas Gerber, London 1932.
Rabbi Pinchas Shmuel Yaakov Gerber was born in Zeimis, near Kovno in approximately 1861. He emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he was appointed Rabbi of a congregation in Edinburgh, Scotland. There, he was involved in some controversies over whether the British Rabbinate recognized his qualifications to give divorces (gets) and to supervise the kosher … Continue reading Ro’ui LeVilah or Roya La-Bilah (Proper Mingling) by Rabbi Pinchas Gerber, London 1932.
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