Biographies

In the 1930s, Roman Vishnaic went through Eastern Europe taking pictures of Jewish life, later collected in albums such as...

Rabbi Medini, the Sdei Chemed, not only authored a Talmudic encyclopedia by himself but was an extremely holy man, recognized...

The Sdei Chemed is a remarkable encyclopedia of topics in the Talmud and Jewish law, yet written by one man,...

Rabbi Medini, chief rabbi of Crimea for 33 years, lived a remarkable life that spanned many lands, touching all types...

Czar Alexander gave Jews incentives to convert. But during his incentive period more Russians converted to Judaism than Jewish to...

With the urbanization of Jews in Czarist Russia came not only great wealth, but increasing assimilation and anti-Semitism.

Napoleon attempted to revive the Great Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court of Judaism in Biblical and Talmudic times, and through it...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, undisputed leader of Sefardic Jewry, was able to restore the crown of Torah to its glory and...

Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Bertitchev became famous for always defending otherwise indefensible Jews and see the good in every situation.

Self-hating Jews have plagued the Jewish people since time immemorial. David Mamet wrote a powerful book that addresses the phenomenon...