Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel 1849-1927 In the late 1800’s Torah in Lithonia was suffering an awful fate. The once great yeshiva of Volozhin founded a century earlier closed due to Russian religious oppression and there…
By David Lev A group of Jews who visited the tomb of the Rabbi Chaim Ben Attar, known as the Ohr Hachaim, was attacked by dozens of Arabs A group of Jews who visited the…
The Intl. Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeitim participated in a special Knesset hearing regarding the situation on Mt. Olives By Yoni Kempinski First Publish: 6/17/2013, 12:00 PM Abe Lubinsky, Chairman of the…
Yediot Ahronot, the No.1 newspaper of Israel, talks about the issues on Har HaZeitim. Download article or read below. [pdf harhazeisim.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Yediot.pdf 450 620]
Hannah Rachel Verbermacher, 1805–1888 Hannah Rachel Verbermacher, The Maiden of Ludmir, also known as the “Ludmirer Moyd”, was the only female Rebbe in the history of the Hasidic movement. She was born in the early…
Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz 1944 – 2007 Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz was a prominent American Orthodox rabbi. He was a widely consulted authority on the laws of Passover kashrut and published an annual Passover guide for many…
Mishpacha, the Jewish Family Weekly, describes the Mount of Olives from the perspective of of Meir Eisenman, a tour guide that knows the site as well as anyone. Download article or read below. [pdf harhazeisim.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/backtolife.pdf 450 620]
MARCH 13, 2013 1:10 AM 1 COMMENT Author: jns.org The Mount of Olives cemetery. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Jewish leaders this week asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take further steps to secure Jerusalem’s ancient Mount…
By SAM SOKOL 03/11/2013 21:52 Orthodox American Jewish organizations band together to protest Arab desecration of ancient burial site. OUR AMERICAN ADVOCATE. ‘Almost two-thirds of the A Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski Several prominent American Jewish organizations representing the…
46 years have passed since Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Naomi Tsur visited her grandfather’s grave on the Mount of Olives. She recently visited the site under police escort, for the first time since 1967. Jerusalem…