Meir Feinstein 1927-1947 Meir Feinstein (Hebrew: מאיר פיינשטיין; October 5, 1927 – April 21, 1947) was born in the Old City of Jerusalem. His parents, Bela and Eliezer, immigrated from Brisk. He was an Irgun…
Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar, the Ohr ha-Chaim 1696-1743 Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar also known as the Ohr ha-Chaim after his popular commentary on the Pentateuch, was a Talmudist and kabbalist; born at Mequenez, Morocco,…
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan 1934-1983 Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan’s meteoric rise as one of the most effective, persuasive, scholarly and prolific exponents of Judaism in the English language came to an abrupt end on January 28, 1983, with his…
Menachem Begin (1913-1992) Menachem Begin was born in Brest Litovsk in 1913. As a child he was forced to flee with his family to escape the fighting between the German and Russian armies in World…