Can you answer the shadchan’s question of “What are you looking for?” If you’ve never addressed the more basic query of: “Who are you?” Rabbi Doniel Frank wants to give you a compass to help you figure out where you’re going and how to get there.
Soon after Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz was buried in 1939, the Jewish community of Vilna was destroyed and his unmarked grave forgotten. But then, 70 years later, a little girl’s sudden deformity led to a series of seemingly unrelated events that resulted in the discovery of his resting place. This week, on the Torah giant’s 75th yahrtzeit, the Torah world will gather to honor his memory
Twenty-five years ago this week, the Berlin Wall, a longtime symbol of Communist rule in Eastern Europe, crumbled before the world’s eyes. David Kern, today a Torah scholar in London, was witness to that momentous event — a day those trapped behind the Iron Curtain thought might never come.
Shabbos Project participants from around the globe to give us a taste of their experiences. As you will discover, it was truly a moment of global unity for Klal Yisrael.
When Charlie Press enlisted in the US Army in 1945, he became an unwitting witness to the horrors of history in the waning days of World War II. But it took nearly 50 years until he was ready to talk about it.
In a pocket of Jerusalem marked by narrow streets and sparse greenery lies a spiritual empire.
