The rabbinical career of Rav Margolios (1847–1935) spanned more than six decades and traversed the fault lines of Jewish communal life on both sides of the Atlantic

Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893) would forever be remembered to posterity as the Netziv of Volozhin

Rabbi Trainin was one of the few known to have received semichah from the Ohr Sameiach

Unlikely figures to play important roles in the American Civil War

Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s candidacy served as a catalyst for his only visit to the Holy Land

One surveying the Hungarian Orthodox scene on the eve of Kristallnacht would have seen the Chasam Sofer’s legacy everywhere

Despite the frustration and the lack of a sense of accomplishment, Mike Tress continued tirelessly in his efforts at fundraising and rescue

All this paled in comparison to Rav Kasher's magnum opus — the multivolume Torah Sheleimah

One of the Vaad Hatzalah’s innovations was the “ambulance synagogue” 

Rav Yosef Zusmanowitz was born in Yerushalayim in 1894, and henceforth earned the appellation “the Yerushalmi”

In Umm el-Jimal they were soon joined by POWs taken captive during other battles, including Gush Etzion and Latrun