Author: jspunberg

(Courtesy: Jewish Virtual Library) Among religious Jews, talmudic scholars are regarded with the same awe and respect with which secular society regards Nobel laureates. Yet […]

(a real story) In the 1980’s, Rabbi Israel Aharon Ceitlin visited Russia. One day, in the synagogue in Moscow, he found a “Shojet” (ritual slaughterer) […]

Mishne Torah by the Rambam Berdichev (1809). The following is the third volume from the Rambam which was printed in Berdichev. In the first volume […]

This historical letter was sent by J.S.Mansohn from Berdichev to Paris for Rothschil Brothers (Paris/France). Posted in Berdichev on April 5th, 1861, crossed Eisenberg (Germany), […]

This retelling of an 18th-century tale attributed to Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev explores the cruel and uncontrollable nature of gossip. The book opens with […]

The Phonoarchive of Jewish Folklore at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine:As the route of expeditions ran along the greatest concentration of Hassidism, the collectors’ […]

Birth Bicentenary of French Writer Honoré de Balzac(Date of issue: 20th May 1999) Designer: G.KuznetsovPaper: coatedPrinting process: offsetPerforation: 13 1/2Size: 40 x 28 mm.Sheet composition: […]

(Courtesy: Simon Wiesenthal Center – Los Angeles – CA ) Polina Gelman (born in Berdichev) was one of the first renowned women pilots and one […]

Database of Russian Army Jewish injured, killed or missing in action