For the RecordTuesday, November 22, 2022The Mysterious Mussar MagnateHe was one of the most obscure personalities in the history of modern Torah philanthropy
For the RecordTuesday, November 15, 2022The “Brisker Rav” of WilliamsburgWhen the Communists began stamping out Yiddishkeit in Russia, Rav Simcha and his family emigrated to the United States in 1924
For the RecordTuesday, November 08, 2022A Shaliach Like No OtherRabbi Chaim Zvi Schneerson's eloquence in English, along with his uncanny knowledge of geopolitical issues, set him apart from other shadarim
For the RecordTuesday, November 01, 2022The American “Adventures” of Ahlwardt the AmalekiteIn 1895 Ahlwardt arrived in America on a speaking tour, hoping to exploit free speech laws to inflame anti-Semitic sentiment
For the RecordTuesday, October 25, 2022The “Volozhin Victims” of the 1948 Keren Hayesod BombingDauod rolled unmolested into the Agency courtyard and parked his car directly in front of the Haganah headquarters
For the RecordTuesday, October 18, 2022Mama Rochel Cries for Boro ParkBoro Park is, indeed, as fine a representation of an American-Jewish community as you can find on these shores
For the RecordThursday, October 06, 2022Horror on the Hudson“I have already been in this town for 24 hours and still cannot gather my strength to write my report”
For the RecordWednesday, September 28, 2022An Anthem for the AgesHis new “Proik Yas Anach” soon emerged as the theme song of an eternal people facing challenging circumstances
For the RecordTuesday, September 20, 2022Mounting Troubles on Temple MountWhile Jews were banned from the Temple Mount for centuries, there are both legends and credible accounts of those who defied the rule
For the RecordTuesday, September 13, 2022Canceling the CalendarIn the 1920s, a novel proposal known as the International Fixed Calendar threatened to upend Jewish tradition
For the RecordTuesday, September 06, 2022Not Mir-ly Another YeshivahYeshivah students across Israel knew that Rav Leizer Yudel had a “weakness” for bnei Torah