(New York Jewish Week) Ive known Hanna Slome for my entire life: She and her husband Henry Slome were close friends of my parents. I knew that in the 1930s, Henry fled Nazi Germany and Hanna had somehow gotten out of Czechoslovakia, but I didnt know the details of her escape
"Rabban," "Rabbi," and "Rab." The Title: Hebrew term used as a title for those who are distinguished for learning, who are the authoritative teachers of the Law, and who are the appointed spiritual heads of the community. It is derived from the noun , which in Biblical Hebrew means "great" or "distinguished," and in post-Biblical Hebrew, "master" in opposition to "slave" (Suk. ii.
Although his formal secular education was limited to attending elementary school, David Sarnoff (1891-1971) combined expert knowledge, visionary business acumen, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a near-maniacal ambition to command a vast radio and television empire. Seizing the opportunity to control the then unfettered airwaves, he created the first coast-to-coast radio network and he transformed the world into a global village. This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Last week, we began our exploration of 16th century Italian scholar Rabbi Shlomo of Urbinos list of the 17 different words to connote thorns or thistles in Biblical Hebrew. Commentators and etymology experts offer insights into these different words and the meanings contained in their structure or drawn from the context in which they are used.
Top: Beanie Feldstein and the company of "Funny Girl." (Photo by Matthew Murphy) Bottom: Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale, and Adrian Lester in "The Lehman Trilogy." (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) Just 24 hours after Beanie Feldstein announced her departure from Funny Girl, American Jewish theatremakers Emma Jude Harris and Gabrielle Hoyt met in person for the first time. 3,000 words, 10 oat milk lattes, and one last-minute Broadway trip later, their resultant dialogue touches on questions of Jewish identity, race, gender, American stories abroad, and the power of Barbra
Back in 2008, Jordan Beck read a book of excerpts from the diaries of five Jewish teens who died in the Holocaust. One of the diarists, Anne Frank, is a name everyone knows, but Beck was surprised hed never heard of the other four
Hardings presidency marked a turning away from the government activism of the reform era, as he embraced a renewed isolationism and adopted laissez-faire policies both on economic and social policy.
The Voice of Silence, The Story of the Jewish Underground in the USSR, Ephraim Kholmyansky, Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2021 284 pages; $22.63 (Paperback) By Toby Klein Greenwald In a frosty February of 1988, I took a short drive from my home in Efrat to Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim, in Gush Etzion.
What do we think of when we think about our presidents? The courage of George Washington crossing the Delaware
2020 and 2021 will likely not be remembered as the most enjoyable years in American history, but if 2022 turns out to also be a dud, at least there will still be lots of fresh reading and viewing material for us to engage with from our childhood bedrooms and underground bunkers. The year brings the revival of familiar names, with a new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and newly translated essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer, as well as some fresh takes on familiar stories, like historical communism among Bronx Jews and a TV adaptation of the novel Fleishman is in Trouble.
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