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Poland: Epilogue

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

This blog post, originally published December 26, 2018, is being reposted in memory of Professor…

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Warsaw: Final Leiman Hunt

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018

The Warsaw Jewish Cemetery on Okopowa Street contains over 250,000 graves that are marked. The…

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A Wise and Humble Language

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 19, 2018January 21, 2020

Eleven U.S. citizens have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan won it most…

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Warsaw: Leiman to Datner

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 17, 2018January 2, 2019

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (continued): This is the second installment describing our visit to the…

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Warsaw: Children and Fidelity

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on December 13, 2018December 18, 2018

There are several places in Jewish writings—biblical, and extra-biblical—where we are reminded of our obligations…

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Poland: Ropczyce to Łańcut

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 12, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): Israel Ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov (Master of the…

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Poland: Mielec

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 8, 2018November 11, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued): One of our goals in Mielec (Me-ell-its) is to visit its…

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Poland: Dobrynin to Rzochów

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 7, 2018December 11, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued):  In the early 1980s, I worked near a bookshop in…

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Poland: Pilzno to Dąbie

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on November 6, 2018November 11, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 (continued):  We leave Tarnów. Our destination is the Jewish cemetery in…

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Kraków: New Jewish Cemetery

  • by Gershon Ben-Avraham
  • Posted on October 31, 2018November 14, 2018

It’s October 16, 2018. I am walking behind Beth on a path covered with fallen…

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