Review of R. Yosef Engel’s Tiferes Yosef
Review of Tiferes Yosef by Eliezer Brodt Tiferes Yosef, Sefer Shemos, R. Yosef Engel, ed. Friedman, Mochon Ohavei Torah, Monsey, NY, 595 pages, 2007. [845. 426.6152] About four years ago…
Where’s Shai Agnon Revisited
You may recall that in a prior post we noted that in the Reinetz edition of the Pirush Ba’al HaTurim al HaTorah is a victim of censorship. Specifically, Reinetz quotes…
Attribution and Misattribution: On Computational Linguistics, Heresy and Journalism
Attribution and Misattribution: On Computational Linguistics, Heresy and Journalism by Moshe Koppel Prof. Moshe Koppel is on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Bar-Ilan University. He has published…
Where’s Shai Agnon?
In the latest issue of Yeshurun (a fuller review will be coming shortly), they published a letter from R. Y.M. Gordon to Shai Agnon. In light of this, an erudite…
Who Wrote the Late Volumes of Igrot Moshe?
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…
“Ha’Rotzeh Lichanek, Hitaleh B’Ilan Gadol”: Notes on some Literary forgeries of Jewish works in the the Late Modern Period (1756-1965)
“Ha’Rotzeh Lichanek, Hitaleh B’Ilan Gadol”: Notes on some Literary forgeries of Jewish works in the the Late Modern Period (1756-1965) By Ezra Brand Ezra Brand is an independent researcher based…