Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert visited the tomb of revered 19th-century Rabbi Chatam Sofer during a visit to the capital of Slovakia. A mausoleum costing up to $1 million is to be built around the tomb in Bratislava next year with the help of private donations, mainly from the United States.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.