This book, a commentary on Torah (the five books of Moses) was written by the uncle (by marriage) of the Biala Rebbe of London, Rabbi Nathan David Rabinowicz. On 15th Kislev 1918, Rabbi Nathan David married Sheindel Bracha, the eldest daughter of Rabbi Alter Yisrael Shimon Perlow of Novominsk, known as the "Tiferes Ish". Rabbi … Continue reading Sefer Lev Aryeh HaChadash, by Rabbi Yehuda Arieh Perlow,
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Record and Prospect. World Jewish Congress British Section Report to the National Conference, London, 1951.
The World Jewish Congress, not to be confused with the World Zionist Congress, describes itself as the leading international organization connecting and protecting Jewish communities globally, in more than 100 countries. It was created on the eve of the Holocaust in 1936, just three years after the Nazi rise to power, out of the need … Continue reading Record and Prospect. World Jewish Congress British Section Report to the National Conference, London, 1951.
A Book of Jewish Thoughts by Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz, Cairo, 1943.
I've previously written about another copy of this book: Dayan Gollop's copy of a Book of Jewish Thoughts. However, this one is a different and scarce edition. Rabbi Hertz's book was originally written for distribution to Jewish soldiers serving in the British forces in the First World War. It was handed out to countless Jewish … Continue reading A Book of Jewish Thoughts by Chief Rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz, Cairo, 1943.
World Conference of Jewish Communities on Soviet Jewry, February 23-25, Brussels, Belgium. List of Delegates.
It is fifty years since we all gathered in Brussels, and my list, which I picked up at the Conference, has now become an item of historic Judaica. As I was there, this is a more personal posting than usual. All the Soviet Jewry activists of the day, as well as major representatives of the … Continue reading World Conference of Jewish Communities on Soviet Jewry, February 23-25, Brussels, Belgium. List of Delegates.
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