For the Record

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

The Lost Legacy of the Leshem

The Chofetz Chaim: “While we sit below and try to be mesaken olamos Above, the Leshem sits Above and does the tikkunim there”

Off the Record

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Au Revoir, Rav Yisrael

What brought Rav Yisrael Salanter to secularized Paris in his last years?

For the Record

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Raid on the Sun

“You want the mission to be successful? Go when Torah is being studied”

For the Record

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

When the President Came to Shul

On a sweltering Friday afternoon, June 9, 1876, an extraordinary scene played out

For the Record

Tuesday, June 03, 2025

When the Founding Fathers Spoke Yiddish

For just 25 cents a Jewish immigrant could purchase America’s founding documents rendered into the familiar rhythms of mamme loshen

For the Record

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

The Torah Leadership of Rav Elye Pruzhaner

Rav Elye Pruzhaner’s accomplishments demand a place in our collective memory

For the Record

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

A Place Called the Pletzl

The Pletzl is the historic Jewish quarter nestled within Paris’s Marais district

For the Record

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

The Long Gray Line Ends in Israel

An unexpected surprise awaits the casual visitor: the Jewish grave of the only officer in the entire cemetery who died fighting under another nation’s flag

For the Record

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The Last Interview with Rav Shayale

Most of the information we have for him comes from oral traditions among Unterland Hungarian Jewry

For the Record

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

A Blood Libel in New York

The blood libel was leveled collectively against the Jews of Massena

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

On Board the Presidential Pierce

The ship’s scheduled departure meant that it would be on the high seas on Yom Kippur