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5 days ago · He married a daughter of R’ Levi Meisner, one of the prominent Belz chasidim in Boro Park. R’ Yisrael Shalom was know for his warm heart and willingness to help others, and was involved in the efforts to establish a new Talmud Torah for Belz chasidim in Boro Park.
2 days ago · Eliezer ben Hurcanus was one of the most prominent sages of the 1st and 2nd centuries. Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha, was given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" and was a rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuries. Eleazar ben Arach was a tana in the 2nd-century.
2 days ago · Christianity ( Hebrew: נצרות, romanized : Natsrút; Arabic: المسيحية, romanized : al-Masīḥiyya) is the third largest religion in Israel, after Judaism and Islam. At the end of 2022, Christians made up 1.9% of the Israeli population, numbering approximately 185,000. 75.8% of the Christians in Israel are Arab Christians.
5 days ago · Various proposals have emerged for how to tackle the incendiary cases involving many hundreds of suspects, but there’s still no clear decision on how to move forward.
2 days ago · The Jewish diaspora in the second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE) was created from various factors, including through the creation of political and war refugees, enslavement, deportation, overpopulation, indebtedness, military employment, and opportunities in business, commerce, and agriculture. [ 5]
1 day ago · The tiny Jewish communities of the Nordic countries have been sustained by regular arrivals of Jews fleeing persecution elsewhere. Explore Jewish Life and Judaism at My Jewish Learning, your go-to source for Jewish holidays, rituals, celebrations, recipes, Torah, history, and more.
15 hours ago · Maury Ringel is a semi-retired lawyer who spent a year photographing all 351 town and city halls in Massachusetts. The fruit of his effort is printed in Massachusetts: ...