Happy July 4th
From a Hebrew Bible printed by the Vaad Hatzalah, Munich, 1947, for the use of Displaced Persons (DPs), the”Sherith Hepleita,” with a dedication to President Harry S. Truman
The 93 Beit Yaakov Martyrs: A Modern Midrash
The 93 Beit Yaakov Martyrs: A Modern Midrash By Rabbi Ari Kahn On January 8, 1943 an article appeared in The New York Times which the fate of 93 young women[1] who took their own lives rather than serve as prostitutes for the German enemy.[2] The article makes reference to a letter written some time earlier in which the plight of these young women was described in “real time.” 11 August 1942 My dear friend Mr. Schenkalewsky in New York, I…
Announcement – Lecture by Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber at the Sprecher home
The readership of the Seforim Blog is invited to a shiur that will be taking place Sunday November 29 at 8:00 PM. The shiur will be given by the noted scholar and author Rav Yechiel Goldhaber of Eretz Yisroel (link). He has authored many wonderful articles and works on a wide range of topics most notably Minhagei Kehilos about customs, and Kunditon (link) about the Titanic, and the Cherem on Spain. The subject of the Shiur is על חרדים ויום…
Hunted Bears, Cantonists and Nazi Victims
by Yitzhak, בין דין לדין.I thank Dan Rabinowitz for graciously allowing me to post this essay.Hunted Bears This is the cover image of the Gary Larson collection Beyond The Far Side: I have long found this cartoon profoundly depressing, in its humorous but acute portrayal of the moral degradation of which we are capable. עור בעד עור, וכל אשר לאיש יתן בעד נפשו 1; the desperate bear grins inanely as he attempts to persuade the hunter to shoot his companion…
