by Ari Harow | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Another sleepless night. Sleep has not come easily over the last 8 months, but over the last week it has been non existent. See, this week my 5 month old cousin, Yehuda Chaim Shoham h”yd (may G-d avenge his blood), was murdered by Palestinian terrorists. Tossing...
by I. I. Cohen | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
One of the items I smuggled out of Auschwitz, when the Nazis moved me into “Camp Number Eight” – a quarantine camp, for those suspected of carrying typhus – was my spoon. It wasn’t much, but it was mine – and it would come to play...
by Sara Bedein | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Sunday, October 28 – the 11th of Cheshvan – was the 3554th anniversary of Matriarch Rachel’s death. Rachel, the beloved wife of the Patriarch Jacob died in childbirth. Jacob chose to bury his wife in Bethlehem rather than at the Patriarchs Tomb in...
by Debbie Shapiro | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Several weeks ago, there were two enormous explosions, one immediately following the other, in the center of Yerushalayim. Eleven Jews were killed, and close to 200 were wounded, many of them seriously. About half an hour after the initial explosions, yet another bomb...
by Rabbi Avi Shafran | Feb 19, 2004 | Beginner
Too often, Jews are taught to view Jews of other stripes as people on “the other side of the fence.” Though it is not the habit or intent of Torah.org to entertain inter-denominational Jewish squabbles, this piece is worth reading – because whatever...
