Rabbi Harold Kravitz steps down
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Harold Kravitz was preparing for a family vacation on the Jersey shore when the Jewish World...
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My editorial in the July issue looked back at some personal highlights from 28 years working at the Jewish World....
Les Block, our music maven
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR It’s hard to know where to start when writing a remembrance of Les Block, a multifaceted musician,...
‘Rav’ and ‘chaver,’ rabbi and friend, Kassel Abelson dies at 99
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Kass Abelson wrote The Book on Eulogies. It was his turn to be...
Journey to the old land of woe
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER From early childhood, prosperous Tel Aviv shop owner Yaakov Fein heard his parents talk wistfully with...