Meet Semion Mogilevich, an obese Ukrainian known as the “Brainy Don” who has been called “the most powerful mobster in the world.” At first look, Mogilevich’s alleged crimes seem fairly ...

Rabbi Moshe Hayim Efrayim of Sudylkow was the son of Yehiel and Odel – the daughter of the famous Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov (Besht, ca. 1700-1760). Efrayim – as his grandfather called him ...

The reconstructions are part of a unique exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the death of the Ba’al Shem Tov (Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer), the founder of hassidut, as well as 200 years ...