Tag Archives: 1930s

Did you go to the Purim Concert?

Posted on 2018/02/25 by davka

Purim: Megilla Read­ings, Balls and Con­certs (oh my; so many options) As long ago as 1864, New York Jews attend­ed Purim Balls, a tra­di­tion now main­tained for the past 32 years at The Jew­ish Muse­um. And, not only in New York, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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6 on a scale of 1 to 10?

Posted on 2011/10/06 by davka

judge every­one, how? In Pirke Avot 1:6, R. Joshua ben Per­achi­ah says: והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות The phrase is var­i­ous­ly trans­lat­ed as: judge every man in the scale of mer­it judge every man towards mer­it Judge every per­son favor­ably Give … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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