For the Record

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

It’s All Happening Uptown

Harlem’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 Record

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Rav Meilech and the Miracle Mets

In appreciation for the generous donation (and with an eye on the potential PR value), Rabbi Silber went to Shea Stadium

For the Record

Tuesday, June 08, 2021

The Making of a Golem

A different legend draws curious tourists to the ancient shul’s attic: it is said to host the remains of the Maharal’s golem

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Tuesday, June 01, 2021

A Light Extinguished

In 1925, the highest-paid chazzan in the world filed for bankruptcy

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Welcoming the Dean of Kabbalah

Rav Auerbach spent the next two years traversing the continent at a pace and depth that would make Lewis and Clark gasp

Magazine Feature

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Everyone’s Rosh Yeshivah

More 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 Record

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Kovno Kollel 2.0

For the Record

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

TWA to the Rescue

"I want you to know that I connect the two stories"

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

The Munkacs Lag B’omer

The meeting of two worlds — the titular head of Hungarian chassidus and the senior sage of the Sephardic world

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

A Lost Legacy

The shul and its builder had come full circle, attaining historic status while hosting the exiled yeshivah

For the Record

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

From Kovno to California

The inspiring story of Rabbi David Miller’s quest to combat American Jewish apathy still speaks volumes