Glimpse of a Gadol: Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt’l
By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
Klal Yisrael suffered a tremendous loss last week with the passing of Moreinu Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt’l. There will be much written, be’H, about the gadol...
Legendary Rebbetzin Chave Hecht, 95, Life-Long Woman of Action
Devoted herself to Jewish children for eight decades
By Mendel Super
In 1944, as a 17-year-old student at Thomas Jefferson High School in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Chave Lasker...
David Eliach, beloved educator who led Yeshivah of Flatbush for decades, dies at 99
New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The longtime and pioneering leader of Brooklyn’s Yeshivah of Flatbush, Rabbi David Eliach, died Thursday.
Eliach, who was 99, supervised the education of...
Colin Powell, who brokered the Middle East ‘road map’ to peace, dies at 84
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black...
Hagaon Rabbi Dovid Feinstein Dies at 91
Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, head of the Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim in New York, a member of the Council of Torah Scholars in the United States, has passed away. He was...
RAA Gathers With Family And Friends To Observe Fifth Yahrzeit of Legendary Leader Rabbi...
On Thursday evening, February 11, 2021, 29 Shevat 5781, Rosh Chodesh Adar, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim gathered with family and friends to observe the fifth yahrzeit of...
Nafla Ateres Rosheinu: The Loss of Dayan yechezkel Roth zt”l
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
This morning, Klal Yisroel lost one of its most eminent Poskim, Dayan Yechezkel Roth zt”l. Dayan Roth was an extraordinary talmid chochom, a tzaddik, and had...
Petirah of Rebbetzin Sheila Feinstein
ברוך דיין האמת
With great tzaar, we share the shocking news of the petirah of Rebbetzin Chava Sorah (Sheila) Feinstein a'h, wife of the Rosh Hayeshiva Horav Hagaon Rav Reuven...
Saying Goodbye to Mrs. Suri Klein, a’h
By Yoni Gottlieb
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 / 4 Iyar 5780 (Yom HaZikaron), the Jewish community lost another of the ever-dwindling number of remaining Holocaust survivors when Mrs. Suri...
Rabbi Sholom (Sidney) Hecht, ז”ל
By Debbie (Flusberg) Kaufman
As we conclude the shloshim of Rabbi Sholom (Sidney) Hecht, z’l, it behooves us to reflect upon who he was, his roots, his spiritual connections, and...
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