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The Prime Ministers, Yehuda Avner, Toby Press, 715 pages
While Yehuda Avner focuses on the characters of the prime ministers he worked under, it is the convivial, generous character of the writer himself which shines through
The Eichmann Trial, Deborah E. Lipstadt, Nextbook-Schocken, New York, 2011, 240 pages
Lipstadt analyzes Adolf Eichmann’s testimony to point to a distinct connection between those who perpetrated the Holocaust and those who deny it
Yehuda Halevi, Hillel Halkin, Nextbook-Schocken, New York, 2010, 368 pages
Hillel Halkin’s depiction of the life and works of Judah Halevi resounds with the richness of the great philosopher’s poetry while plumbing the depths of the Cairo Geniza to reveal the details of his personal life
Wisdom of the Heart: The Teachings of Rabbi Ya’akov of Izbica-Radzyn, Ora Wiskind-Elper, The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 2010, 273 pages
Long relegated to the margins, the teachings of Izbica-Radzyn peel away the external assumptions of human existence to explore the dark spaces of the inner self
The internet has become a vital resource in preserving the rich legacy of Jewish and Hebrew music. Save the Music is an extremely impressive site created by a non-profit organization in San Diego, California whose representatives search for old recordings of Jewish music, biographies of composers and artists, sheet music etc. in four different continents. The site features rare musical recordings in Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, English and French, as well as cantoral pieces, and includes more than 3,000 songs and hundreds of video clips. The melodies of Jewish villages and Hassidic courtyards reverberate with nostalgia for a world gone by.
Sixty years after their transfer from the hidden caves of Qumran to the cool depths of the Shrine of the Book, the most ancient extant manuscripts of the Bible, the fabled Dead Sea Scrolls, have finally emerged into the light of cyberspace. A joint project of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Google has put the largest and best known of the scrolls online for the first time.
Judah Halevi arrived in the Egyptian port of Damietta en route from Cairo to the land of Israel, to be warmly received by his old friend Abu Said Halfon. The famous doctor, poet and philosopher had ostensibly left his Spanish homeland due to the unstable political situation, but in fact it was his belief that only in the Holy Land can a Jew could only live a truly fulfilled life that directed his steps. Legend has it that on his arrival at the gates of Jerusalem Halevi was trampled to death by an Arab horseman.
1811
12 Tevet 5572
December 28
Germany
The Price of Equality
Civil rights were extended to Jews in Frankfurt as a result of the initiative of a number of distinguished Jews including Meyer Anschel Rothschild. The New Duchy of Frankfort passed a law granting Jews "Civic rights and privileges equally with other citizens," but it was only signed into effect after Rothschild and his co-religionists agreed to pay 400,000fl to the French official in charge of making the decision.
