Jewish Stories

Little Shloimeleh was the youngest of the family's nine children. He had a quick smile and intelligent eyes. Shloimeleh's favorite t...

By Rabbi Moshe Gurkow When I was still a boy of 6 years old in my home in Communist Russia, I went with my Uncle,  Rabbi Michoel Teitel...

The 20th of Av, marks the yahrzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Rav Le...

The 12th of Tamuz is the anniversary of the Previous Rebbe's release from Communist imprisonment. What follows are excerpts from the boo...

by Eliezer Naness Excerpted from his book Subota, which details his experiences in a Russian labor camp where he was imprisoned for nearly t...

It was Stalinist Russia. The sudden banging on the door made the occupants' blood run cold. The knocking was getting louder. They were a...

Run away!" the woman begged her husband. "Go before it's too late!" "I can't leave," Reb Michael answered....