Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Adopt a WWI impacted family for Passover for $10

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6 comments:

  1. Mine too. See: http://libfindaids.yu.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/crc14/crc14.xml;query=;brand=default

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  2. I'm guessing that he's the same one from the Harry Fischel Institute in Jerusalem connected to Rav Kook and which Saul Lieberman later headed.

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  3. More on Rabbi Aaron TB can be found here:
    http://www.tidhar.tourolib.org/tidhar/view/12/4115

    He was very instrumental in the US Central Relief efforts, here is a great source on that, with some fascinating photos:
    http://www.archive.org/stream/fouryearsofrelie00enge#page/n3/mode/2up

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  4. And the one for whom the old Beis Medrash of YU is also named.

    What's $10 in 2013 dollars?

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  5. Okay, ten dollars back then had the buying power of $229 today. Not too crazy.

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