Chaim Grade and Gedolei Yisrael
At Oneg Shabbat, David Assaf has a post (Hebrew) about the relationships between the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade and Gedolei Yisrael, especially the Hazon Ish.
View ArticleMemorial Volume for I.M. Ta-Shma
A two-volume memorial volume has just been published for Prof. I.M. Ta-Shma. (hat tip) The book can be ordered from EliezerBrodt-at-gmail.com. It is nine hundred pages of research into liturgy, Jewish...
View ArticleThe Afghan Geniza
Many people have been talking about the news report on Israel Channel Two about Jewish texts, reported to be from the 10th century, that were found in Afghanistan. This report in the Jerusalem Post...
View ArticleEveryone and His/Her Haggadah
Another nice Erev Pesaḥ program that was broadcast today on Israel Radio was כל אחד וההגדה שלו. The program featured a number of participants, among them Prof. Avigdor Shinan. It can be listened to...
View ArticleLeo Baeck Institute Collection Digitized
The Leo Baeck Institute has announced the digitization of much of their holdings, DigiBaeck.
View ArticleSaadia Gaon and the Quran
The blog of the Revel Graduate School at YU has a very interesting summary of a talk given by Prof. Meir Bar Asher on the relationship between Saadia Gaon, his commentary on the Torah, the Quran, and...
View ArticleThe Origins of Ashkenazi Jewry
Manuscript Boy has an interesting post in which he tries to situate the most recent study about the genetic origins of Ashkenazi Jewry in the context of research into rabbinic literature and tradition.
View ArticleZusha: Online Repository of Hasidic Tales
Today a new website was unveiled that hopes to be the ultimate online repository of Hasidic tales, at least in Hebrew. Zusha, the brainchild of the Israeli journalist Sara Beck, wants to make the...
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