Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The death of a rosh yeshiva of Volozhin in a Hawaiian newspaper?

News travels far. Did you know that the Netziv's death was reported in a Hawaiian newspaper? I didn't. And yet:



For those who would want it, here is the full page. The little piece about the Neziv is all the way on the bottom.

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6 comments:

  1. Shmendrik12:15 AM, May 26, 2011

    Yes, but did they print his birth certificate?

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  2. Obama Huss.11:54 AM, May 26, 2011

    For the right price, they will print one.

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  3. S.11:57 AM, May 26, 2011

    Talk about something I NEVER anticipated would be mentioned here, ever.

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  4. Yehoshua2:15 PM, May 26, 2011

    Now I REALLY want to know how you found that...

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  5. S.2:19 PM, May 26, 2011

    You know, you read thousands of pages until you hit pay dirt.

    Or, you search for rabbi berlin here

    http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    and pay close attention to 1893.

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  6. MiMedinat HaYam4:44 PM, May 26, 2011

    my first reaction was to anticipate such a comment (actually,i anticipated it would be in your post.)

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