fbpx
Latest For the Record
For the Record
Witness to a Six-Day Miracle
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Nestled in Netivot
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Bridging Worlds
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Captain of Kapust
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
PlateArt
Shavuos Florals
Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s Title: Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Document: The Jewish Advocate Time: 1934   “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s. Then as
Esther Ottensoser
PlateArt
Add a Floral Touch
Enhance your Yom Tov table with these simple yet sharp ideas.
Esther Ottensoser
Family First Editor's Letter
Flashback: Editor's Letter, Issue 788
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
Family First Editor's Letter
Family First Editor's Letter: Issue 788
Sometimes the solution isn’t about tackling the reality, but about altering what we tell ourselves about that reality.
Bassi Gruen
The Lens
The Lens: Issue 968
Their departure from the dining room took well over an hour
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
The Lens
The Lens: Issue 961
While he has passed on to the Next World, the photo captures his otherworldly chein for posterity
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 17
Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s Title: Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Document: The Jewish Advocate Time: 1934   “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s. Then as
Ariella Stern
50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 16
Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s Title: Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Document: The Jewish Advocate Time: 1934   “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s. Then as
Ariella Stern
Food that Packs
Ramen à la Vodka
Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s Title: Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Document: The Jewish Advocate Time: 1934   “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s. Then as
Rivky Kleiman
Food that Packs
Grilled Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s Title: Harvard Honors Hitler’s Henchman Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Document: The Jewish Advocate Time: 1934   “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” —Mark Twain Harvard University’s history of anti-Semitism goes back at least as far as the 1930s. Then as
Rivky Kleiman
Discover more
More For the Record
For the Record
The Library Legacy of Vilna

Mattisyahu Strashun (1817–1885) personified the intellectual environment of 19th-century Vilna, the “Jerusalem of Lithuania” Title: The Library Legacy of Vilna Location: Vilna Document: Strashun Library Inventory List Time: Unknown Approximately three million books lay in the Offenbach Archival Depot by late 1945. Located just outside Frankfurt in the American occupation zone of postwar Germany, the

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

For the Record
An Agent in the Flesch

“It’s Shabbos Chanukah,” she responded. “And the Rabbiner will speak about the significance of this day” Title: An Angel in the Flesch Location: Vienna, Austria Document: PR Material from Bais Yaakov Office in Vienna Time: Chanukah 1914   ON 9 Av 1914, the Great War broke out, and not long after that, we were forced

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

For the Record
The Voice of the Maggid

Rav Sholom Schwadron’s reputation as a maggid stemmed from his natural public speaking talents Title: The Voice of the Maggid Location: Jerusalem, Israel Document: Yahrtzeit Sign Time: November 1954 One Friday night in 1952, a brilliant 40-year-old talmid chacham named Rav Sholom Schwadron made his way from his modest two-room home in Jerusalem’s Shaarei Chesed neighborhood

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

For the Record
Rav Isser Zalman’s Tree of Life

Rav Isser Zalman’s legacy of Torah aristocracy, communal leadership, along with his boundless kindness for others, remains with us until this very day Location: Jerusalem, Israel Document: Partial list of Eitz Chaim students Time: 1942 From his formative years in Volozhin and Slabodka through his decades of leadership in Slutzk, to his commanding presence in

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

For the Record
A Sanhedrin in the City of Lights

In 1806 Napoleon called for an assembly of Jewish leaders to form what he referred to as a “Sanhedrin”

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

For the Record
Between the Pale and St. Petersburg

The generous Gunzburgs supported a wide array of Jewish institutions, religious, social, and educational organizations

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer