yahrzeit

Fogels are remembered on first yahrtzeit

Hundreds gathered in the West Bank community of Itamar to mark the first yahrzeit for the five slain members of the Fogel family.

By Marcy Oster February 29, 2012 9:14 pm

Bialik made Hebrew revival more than pulling teeth

Today more than ever, I empathize with Hebrew school students. The hopeless saggy-eyed droop on my face mirrors theirs as the nation’s heatwave kicks me in the chest with unconscionable force, instructing me to stay seated and type until the bell rings. It’s not that Hebrew instruction is painful, like having your teeth pulled. It’s […]

July 22, 2011 6:20 pm

Yahrzeit: Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Thanks to Jewish Treats/National Jewish Outreach Project for pointing out that today’s Hebrew date, 11 Tammuz, marks the yahrzeit of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who passed away in Paris on July 12, 1935. As JTA reported at the time of his death: "Col. Alfred Dreyfus, Jewish officer in the French Army whose unjust imprisonment on Devil’s Island […]

July 13, 2011 7:31 pm

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Fogels are remembered on first yahrtzeit

Bialik made Hebrew revival more than pulling teeth

Yahrzeit: Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Celebrating hiloula

Celebrating hiloula

Fogels are remembered on first yahrtzeit

Bialik made Hebrew revival more than pulling teeth

Yahrzeit: Captain Alfred Dreyfus

Celebrating hiloula

Celebrating hiloula

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