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America's community kollel trend takes root in Europe

Dovid Leitner‘s book includes a telling anecdote about a misunderstanding between the Belzer Rebbe and the German-Jewish hotel owner.

The contrast between Rav Aaron Lopiansky’s parents could not have been greater

Marienbad & Beyond Published by David Leitner, $29.95, 536 pp The small town of Marienbad, once a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire but now in the Czech Republic, earned its place in Yiddish literature thanks to a satirical piece by Sholem Aleichem in which he poked fun at nouveau-riche Warsaw Jews who imitated the aristocratic custom of spending summers at spa resorts in order to enjoy its healing mineral waters. Before World War I, Marienbad was a popular resort for the highest rank of soci...