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Ben Zion Shenker: The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing

By David Olivestone This past November, on the Friday evening of the week in which Ben Zion Shenker, z”l, passed…

PEOPLE

Personal Memories of A Modern-Day Sweet Singer of Israel

He unfailingly attached his melodies to appropriate texts, and displayed an uncanny ability to instill in those texts new spiritual…

HISTORY

What Was the First Notable Rabbinical Portrait in Western Art?

If Rembrandt did not create the first rabbinical portrait considered to be a great work of art, who did?

HISTORY

Jerusalem Reunited

Relive the sense of awe and wonder that Jews the world over—religious and secular alike—felt then, and reaffirm your own…

FAITH

From West Lafayette to Jerusalem: Revisiting Indiana’s Orthodox Simons

One day this winter Ronit Comrov will make dozens of latkes, and sufganiyot, “just raspberry,” for her friends in Milwaukee.…

PEOPLE

Remembering Rav Yehuda Cooperman

In truth, sometimes when I was with him and began to consider all of his accomplishments, I felt as if…

HISTORY

“I Have Also Engaged in This Work of Heaven”: The Vital Contribution of Women to Hebrew Printing

Perhaps the most famous female print shop owner was Devorah Romm. The Romm printing shop began in 1799 and continued…

HISTORY

Voices of the Past: Early Orthodox Female Writers

While female writers became increasingly prevalent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many chose to use pen names, leave their…

JEWISH WORLD

American Jewry: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Heading? Two Views

Essentially, they seek to answer one overriding question, burning in the hearts of all thinking Jews: Where is American Jewry…

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Fifty Years of Neshama: Cantor Sherwood Goffin

Then Sherwood came in and he was different. “His voice was simple and pure, but what really got all of…

ALIYAH

Giving & Getting: Volunteering in Israel

More and more retirees are deciding to make Israel their home and spend their days giving back to the country…

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