During Vainer’s lifetime, Romania’s Jewish population went from 800,000 to barely 10,000. He said he had “very few people and great obligations.” BUCHAREST (JTA) — Aurel Vainer ...

Now, Rosen has created a historic tool to help Jews like that younger version of himself: the first-ever Romanian-language chumash, or text of the Torah. “Tora si Haftarot,” which is both ...

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the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. (JTA) — In returning to the United States this week from Romania, the far-right ...