Gerda and Goethe
Gerda and Goethe
“Noble be man, merciful and good,” wrote the German poet Goethe. It was a sentence to be repeated well over a century later by Gerda Weissmann Klein, one of the […]
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The Man Who Never Gave Up
The Man Who Never Gave Up
In 1941, Boris Romantschenko was only 15 years old when the Nazis invaded his home town in Ukraine. But it …
The Jewish Google
The Jewish Google
On an unusually very cold and cloudy day in March 2022, major roads in central Israel were closed for hours, …
Love Your Neighbour
Love Your Neighbour
The often-misunderstood Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has come up with a very innovative idea based on one of the most prominent …
The Long Run Home
The Long Run Home
Most immigrants to Israel, no matter where they have come from, will readily acknowledge that while aliya – for most …
In Tune to the Other
In Tune to the Other
Tal HartuvTal Hartuv Micah Hendler always believed that putting emotions to music is better than expressing them in words. Ten …
Legend of the Destruction
Legend of the Destruction
With news of its imminent release in cinemas all over the country, the film “Agudat HaHorban” (Legend of the Destruction) …
Ambassador of Music
Ambassador of Music
In the world of music, it is extremely rare to find an artist who appeals to all ages and all …
Hollywood and the Holocaust
Hollywood and the Holocaust
Right in the middle of World War Two, buried deep in the November 25th, 1942 edition of the New York …
The Overcomer
The Overcomer
Back in the 19th century when Jewish people in the Tzarist Russian Empire could not live outside the Pale of …
Nowhere to Lay His Head
Nowhere to Lay His Head
Tal HartuvTal Hartuv What Churchill was to Britain with his command of the English language, Abba Eban was to Israel. …
Great Minds Think Alike
Great Minds Think Alike
There is an old and rather cynical feminist joke that says, “A woman needs a man like a fish needs …
The Power of the Mind
The Power of the Mind
Like many young people, when he was seventeen Perth-born Jason Blankfield was not sure what he wanted to do with …
The Village that Never Was
The Village that Never Was
Fiddler on the Roof is one of the most-loved and long-lasting musicals ever to hit the Broadway stage. It is …
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (4)
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (4)
We go home today. It takes almost three hours to travel from the location where we spent the night to …
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (3)
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (3)
After 270 kilometers and a three-and-a-half-hour drive through Moldova, we arrive in Kishenev, the capital of Moldova. From there, The …
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (2)
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (2)
It is 05.00 AM and I slept quite well. First a shower, then davening (morning prayer) and at 07.20 AM …
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (1)
The Dutch Chief Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (1)
Monday. The first day of my visit to Ukraine. Mendel Cohen, who was once the rabbi of Mariupol, urged me …
The Necessity of Jewish Self-Defence
The Necessity of Jewish Self-Defence
Tal Hartuv With Hitler’s rise to power, Jews began to find themselves as targets of antisemitic attacks throughout Central and …
On Medicine and Torah
On Medicine and Torah
The Bible and the Talmud form the basis of Jewish Law. Jewish Law is broadly speaking, millennials of rabbinic conversations …
