Mir Yeshiva Post WW I With Some Emphasis on the Effects of the Composition of the Student Body and Then The First Stages of Its Escape From Europe Focusing on the Personalities and Institutions Who Played Crucial Roles

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November 18 2024
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Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

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Collections: R' Rakeffet Jewish History Fall 2024

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Was a Russian woman olah Jewish? President Trump & alcohol. Esther Farbstein's book. Telz Yeshiva girl's school. Women survivors. Mir, post WWI. The effects of German students coming to Mir. R' Eliezer Yehuda Finkel's appreciation of Brisk & support of R' Velvel. Russian olim visit Machane Yehuda. Note taking of American students in Mir. American students & European students interact. Elul in Mir. R' Rakeffet visits Israeli yeshivot. The Rav & yarchei kallah. R' Yeruchom Levovitz. Mussar. R' Zelig Epstein. 1924 visit of 3 rabbis to the US. In 1920s R' Finkel and R' Kalmanowitz visit US for fundraising. Ezras Torah & Mir. Joint Distribution Committee. R' Chaim Ozer & Va'ad Hayeshivot. R' Eliezer Silver sends Dr. Samuel Schmidt to Vilna to R' Chaim Ozer. His report is impetus for Va'ad Hatzalah which saves Mir. Last Simchat Torah in Mir. Move to Vilna. Shuls & Torah education in USSR. R' Eliezer Portnoy gets visas & decides Shanghai, not Israel, is feasible. The two Dutch students. Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara & his German assistant. Curaçao. Zorach Warhaftig pressures R' Finkle. R' Moshe Hillel Hirsch, R' Shraga Kallus, R' Harry Maryles, all on Charedim and IDF. Vatican & grape juice.

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