Rabbi Avigdor Miller 1908-2001 HaRav Avigdor Miller, zt’l, an American godol, leading Torah educator, ba’al mussar and rav of the Bais Yisroel Torah Center, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Rosh Chodesh Elul (August 28,…
Rabbi Isamar Rosenbaum 1886–1973 Rabbi Isamar Rosenbaum was a rebbe of the chasidic dynasties of Nadvorna and Kretshnif. He was the son of Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum (1852 – 1908) of Kretshniff, who in turn was…
Rabbi Solomon Eliezer Alfandari (The Saba Kadisha) 1820-1930 Rabbi Solomon Eliezer Alfandari, also known as the Saba Kadisha (“Holy Grandfather”), was a distinguished rabbi, kabbalist and rosh yeshiva in his native home of Constantinople, and…
The recent passing of Adele Biton triggered a calls for a tough new law against rock throwers…
Rav Shlomo Elyashiv 1785-1866 “In this world we can stand in his presence but who knows if in the Olam HaEmes we will even be able to get near him.” “While we build in this…
Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant 1785-1866 Rabbi Zundel Salant was born on the first day of Rosh Hashana in 1785 in the city of Salantai, Lithuania near Zamut. (According to several Lithuanian documents recently discovered,…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s police to add 400 police officers to Yerushalayim…
Monday December 29, 2014 6:43 AM Jeff Seidel is a well-known American community activist with an impressive record on kiruv projects. Last Tuesday, he, Yochanan Danziger and another passenger were nearly killed as their car…
Stuck in traffic going to a funeral in Har Hazeisim, Jeff Seidel’s car was ambushed by 15-25 Jerusalem Arabs…