For the RecordTuesday, June 22, 2021It’s All Happening UptownHarlem’s Jewish population peaked at 175,000 in 1917, making it the world’s third-largest Jewish community after the Lower East Side and Warsaw
For the RecordTuesday, June 15, 2021Rav Meilech and the Miracle MetsIn appreciation for the generous donation (and with an eye on the potential PR value), Rabbi Silber went to Shea Stadium
For the RecordTuesday, June 08, 2021The Making of a GolemA different legend draws curious tourists to the ancient shul’s attic: it is said to host the remains of the Maharal’s golem
For the RecordTuesday, June 01, 2021A Light ExtinguishedIn 1925, the highest-paid chazzan in the world filed for bankruptcy
For the RecordTuesday, May 25, 2021Welcoming the Dean of KabbalahRav Auerbach spent the next two years traversing the continent at a pace and depth that would make Lewis and Clark gasp
Magazine FeatureTuesday, May 11, 2021Everyone’s Rosh YeshivahMore than four decades after his passing, talmidim, assistants, and the American hosts of “everyone’s rosh yeshivah” share their personal memories of Rav Shmuel Rozovsky
For the RecordTuesday, May 04, 2021TWA to the Rescue"I want you to know that I connect the two stories"
For the RecordTuesday, April 27, 2021The Munkacs Lag B’omerThe meeting of two worlds — the titular head of Hungarian chassidus and the senior sage of the Sephardic world
For the RecordWednesday, April 21, 2021A Lost LegacyThe shul and its builder had come full circle, attaining historic status while hosting the exiled yeshivah
For the RecordWednesday, April 14, 2021From Kovno to CaliforniaThe inspiring story of Rabbi David Miller’s quest to combat American Jewish apathy still speaks volumes