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The Ghetto Library and Daily Life Under the Nazis

The Ghetto Library and Daily Life Under the Nazis

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The Ghetto Library and Daily Life Under the Nazis In giving the public this opportunity to learn more about the spiritual resistance of the Vilna Ghetto, we seek to immortalize the moral heroism of the victims of the Holocaust. And bring to light the phenomenon of the vitality and endurance of the Jewish people – throughout their long existence, laden with suffering and restrictions, it has forced them not to give up but to seek the means of self-expression and…

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Some Highlights of the Upcoming Taj Art Auction

Some Highlights of the Upcoming Taj Art Auction

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Some Highlights of the Upcoming Taj Art Auction* With the proliferation of auction houses and the centralized platform of Bidspirit, there are auctions of Judaica and Hebraica on a weekly, if not more frequent, basis. One of the more recent entrants into this arena is Taj Art, founded in 2021 by Tomer Rosenfeld and Aron Orzel. This Sunday, December 24th, at 7 pm Israel time, Taj Art will be hosting their 11th auction, which includes some items of particular bibliographical…

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Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica

Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica

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Legacy Auctions: Romm Press, Haggadah Art, Controversial Books, and other Bibliographical Historica Legacy Judaica’s fall auction is next week, September 13, and we wanted to highlight some bibliographical historica.  Lot 95 is Elbona shel Torah, (Berlin, 1929), by R. Shmuel Shraga Feigneshon, known as Safan ha-Sofer.  He helmed the operations of the Romm Press in Vilna.  During his 55-year tenure, he oversaw the publication of the monumental Vilna Shas, among numerous other canonical works that became the model for all…

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For the Sake of Radin! The Sugar Magnate’s Missing Yarmulke and a Zionist Revision

For the Sake of Radin! The Sugar Magnate’s Missing Yarmulke and a Zionist Revision

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For the Sake of Radin!  The Sugar Magnate’s Missing Yarmulke and a Zionist Revision Israel Brodsky (1823-1888), built an empire on the sugar trade. After inheriting a substantial fortune, in 1843, he became a partner in a sugar refinery.[1] Eventually, he vertically integrated his business, and he controlled sugar beet lands, processing plants, refineries, marketing agencies, and warehouses throughout the Russian Empire. At its height, Brodsky controlled a quarter of all sugar production in the Empire and employed 10,000 people.[2]…

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Invitation to Two Lectures by Dan Rabinowitz this Week & Discount Code

Invitation to Two Lectures by Dan Rabinowitz this Week & Discount Code

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This Tuesday Dan Rabinowitz will appear on a panel, “Saving Jewish Cultural Legacy:  Libraries and Archives During and After WII,” at Brandeis University. This Thursday he will be discussing his book at the Library of Congress, at the African and Middle East Reading Room at noon. Seforim Blog readers are invited to attend. Additionally, readers of the blog can receive a 20% discount on Dan’s book, The Lost Library:  The Legacy of Vilna’s Strashun Library  in the Aftermath of the…

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Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe?

Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe?

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Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe? By: Moshe Schorr[1] Though this article deals with a factual question, it often seems to devolve into an ideological one. I therefore wish to state: I have no horse in this fight. I have not taken halakhic positions from Igrot Moshe volumes 7-9. I went into this with a genuinely open mind, and in the course of researching this question, I have taken the affirmative and negative sides of this question at different points. Ever…

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