Jewish History

By the Grace of G‑d 28th of Sivan, 5738 Brooklyn, N.Y. Dr. I. Gersh 4917 – 14th Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219 Greeting and Blessing: This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 28th, in which you ask whether it would not be appropriate to commemorat...

Can you believe you have the truth, be ready to give your life for it, and nevertheless leave space for others?

Why were the rabbis so hostile to the idea? Translating the Torah into other languages was nothing new!

Under America’s criminal justice system, we have incarcerated more than two million of our fellow citizens in federal, state and county facilities. In contrast, the concept of prison does not appear anywhere in Judaism...

Provocative essays and moving stories about the Holocaust, one of the darkest eras in Jewish history.

The Sunday night farbrengen was due to commence at 8:30. Mendel Katch told me that he was not going to crush and struggle for a seat. He would arrive at 8:00 and stand at the back. If the Rebbe wanted him, he would call him to come forward; otherwise he w...

Sunday morning, Nissan 11 (March 26), was the Rebbe’s seventieth birthday. At 770, it was like this past Shabbos, but packed with even more people than ever. The only difference was that on this day, there were long lines of meshulochim (money collectors)...

Through the good offices of Rabbi Shemtov, we had over the years become very friendly and attached to the Rebbe’s mother, Rebbetzin Chana. We always made it our business to visit the Rebbetzin, whenever we were in Brooklyn. Rabbi Shemtov used to take us t...