From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Look Who’s Not Talking
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – As we’ve been learning from recent American politics, it has become fashionable to “take the Fifth.” The legal principle that…
History
Metro Cinema presents an acclaimed film on life in Poland before the Holocaust: September 5 and 8
by AJNews staff (AJNews) – Few details have been vividly portrayed about Jewish life in Poland before the Holocaust but on September 5 and 8,…
Memorial Stones Foundation of Amersfoort: Honouring forgotten heroes
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – The Jewish community can take much comfort in knowing that we have some formidable non-Jewish friends and allies. Two spoke…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: Rabbi Judah, King Hezekiah… and a Cancelled Fast
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – One of the most revered figures in Jewish memory was the Patriarch Rabbi Judah I ben Simeon. Talmudic tradition singled…
From the Sources by Eliezer Segal: The flying ‘nuns’
By Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – There is a brief passage in the book of Numbers that is uniquely enclosed by special symbols, backward versions of…