As people around the world mark Yom ha-Shoah (see this post by Balashon regarding the name itself), I wanted to say a few things about scholarly research of the Shoah. Many of us are familiar with the classic work by Lucy Dawidowicz, The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945. In recent years there have [...]
As was noted at My Obiter Dicta, Mrs. Erica Jesselson ע”ה passed away this week. Erica Jesselson and her late husband Ludwig were pillars of Jewish philanthropy for decades. I do not think that it is an exaggeration to speak of their incredible influence on American, if not world Judaism, through their support [...]
In what has become one of the most historic speeches of American history, “I Have a Dream”, Martin Luther King, Jr. said the following,
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are [...]
Hirhurim reports that R. Shimon Eider z”l has passed away. R. Eider was the author of many important books on practical halakhah, all of which I always recommended to people with the caveat that they always read the notes in Hebrew. Just recently Rabbi Eider traveled to the town where my brother is [...]
Here is a nice collection of links to material regarding 9/11, including the September 11 Digital Archive. May their memory be for a blessing. (via Is That Legal?)
Empty Sky
I woke up this morning
I could barely breathe
Just an empty impression
In the bed where you used to be
I want a kiss from your lips
I want [...]
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