BY LAURA E. ADKINS OCTOBER 31, 2019 11:33 AM (JTA) — As the old saying goes, two Jews, three opinions. Add one headache for the Taliban. Meet Zabulon Simentov, 66, who is believed to be the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan. Emran Feroz recently profiled Simentov…
(6 Aug 2002) 1. Various of Ishaq Levin praying at the Jewish cemetery of Kabul. 2. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Ishaq Levin: “I came here today to deliver my prayers. This is the old Jewish cemetery of Kabul where more than…
H/T Shmuel Hertzfeld. There were two names to peel off, each one taking 30 minutes of painstaking work. Respect. Expert Sofer STa”M is R’ Shimon Zeide.
No comments. I will let the pics do the talking. Some of these were from a FB group “sounds Yeshivish but okay” and some were from elsewhere. This is the one exception. Tabloids assumed the Arba Minim were flowers for…
Recently my wife, kids and I were in Israel, and one of the places we visited was Tzfat. Big Kabbalastic city that’s become more and more known for it’s art. One place recommended to us by a friend was to…
The sun beat down on a hot August day in Kochav Yaakov near Jerusalem. We were greeted by our old friends, Avi and Bat-Chen Grossman, into their house. In showing us around, Avi brought me to his backyard where he…
A couple from Brooklyn arrived to Michigan for a wedding. They were pulled over by a Puerto Rican police officer for a minor traffic violation. The woman politely explained to the officer that they’re not so familiar with the…
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Lived in Eretz Yisrael, 2nd century CE. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the saintly Tanna of the mishnaic period and author of the Holy Zohar, was a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva was put to death by the Romans…
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