This blog post, originally published December 26, 2018, is being reposted in memory of Professor…
Category: Jewish Cemeteries
The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street contains over 250,000 graves that are marked. The…
Eleven U.S. citizens have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan won it most…
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (continued): This is the second installment describing our visit to the…
There are several places in Jewish writings—biblical, and extra-biblical—where we are reminded of our obligations…
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): Israel Ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov (Master of the…
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): One of our goals in Mielec (Me-ell-its) is to visit its…
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): In the early 1980s, I worked near a bookshop in…
Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): We leave Tarnów. Our destination is the Jewish cemetery in…
It’s October 16, 2018. I am walking behind Beth on a path covered with fallen…
Gershon Ben-Avraham 