Dana Kessler 
If these magnificent illustrations drawn in gold, blue and bright red look familiar to you, it’s because many of them have been reprinted in modern-day Haggadahs. Furthermore, you have no doubt had the opportunity to see them at some point on the seder table, situated between the gefilte fish and the second cup of wine.[…]
The stage and cinematic history of The Megile written by the acclaimed Yiddish poet and playwright, Itzik Manger, is quite long. But in line with accepted practice, it’s worth starting from the beginning. Manger was born in 1901 in Czernowitz, the capital of Bukovina – a region that links Romania and Ukraine – which today[…]
If you Google Lillian Vernon’s name, the first thing that pops up is a garment bag, which is used to transport clothing without leaving them creased. The item is made of lightweight, but durable, polyester, that can be monogrammed. If it’s not out of stock, you can order one on Amazon for $32.99. This simple[…]
Starting from the end of the Ottoman period, continuing through the entire British Mandate, and in the first decades following the establishment of the State of Israel, there was an extraordinary woman who worked in Jerusalem. Her name was Dr. Helena Kagan, and she was the first pediatrician in pre-State Palestine. Kagan laid the foundations[…]
13 years have elapsed since Dr. Felix Zandman passed away, but his story continues to resonate. There are innumerable accounts about the Holocaust, as well as a host of stories dealing with the Holocaust and rebirth. But the unbelievable story of Felix Zandman is truly extraordinary and beautiful because it embodies a victory against all[…]
Just like in the different categories of popular culture, where there are big and widely known names, including creators, writers or performers – the very mention of whose name is enough to spark interest or cause people to take out their credit card – there are also the small names. Needless to say, great works[…]
Everyone knows who Shai (Shmuel Yosef) Agnon is thanks to the fiction he wrote. But one of his best-known books, and perhaps his greatest and most ambitious undertaking, was actually an anthology – a compendium as that genre was called at the time – which was published in 1938. Agnon compiled and edited the anthology[…]
Nessim Joseph Dawood, who translated the Quran into English in the middle of the 20th century, was not, of course, the first to translate the Holy Book of Islam into English. But he is responsible for its most widely read and popular translation. Interestingly enough, one of the people who deserves the most credit for[…]
The Forgotten Singer: The Exiled Sister of I.J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer, written by Maurice Carr, was recently published by White Goat Press, the imprint of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Carr has already been dead for 20 years, but only now has this biography come out, in which the author seeks historical[…]
Nearly 100 years ago, nearly 500,000 Jews who lived in poverty in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and worked in the garment industry in deplorable conditions, decided that they had had enough. Those Jews had emigrated to America to flee from antisemitism in Europe, and now they were forced to flee again. This time[…]
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