Weiss, who was both Oppenheimer’s son-in-law and the nephew of the subject (sharing his name), offers an insightful monograph on Oppenheimer, detailing his relationship with the Chasam Sofer.

The Chasam Sofer expressed a similar view that Hashem did not rest at the same time everywhere but rested from creating the world at each location whenever the sixth day ended. Then, it is obvious ...

BERLIN (JTA) — Icicles formed on Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal’s beard as he helped set up the towering menorah in the center of Berlin. It wasn’t just any menorah among the thousands that the ...