The Rosen School of Hebrew Blog

One of the best ways to learn Hebrew with us is to make your studies a regular part of your life. Many people enjoy quizzes, especially if they are related to elements…

The Final Solution (Hebrew: הפתרון הסופי) was a term used to describe the Nazi Germany’s plan to solve “the Jewish problem”. In 1941, the plan has begun. All Jews in Germany and…

Many rescuers helped Jews get out of a zone of special danger in order to escape to a less dangerous location. Many parents were faced with agonizing dilemmas to separate from their…

In a world of total moral collapse there was a small minority who mustered extraordinary courage to save human lives. These were the Righteous Among the Nations…   Righteous among the Nations…

Rumkowski was responsible for elements in the Lodz Ghetto such as food, housing, work, health and welfare services. However, this wasn’t all he had to do as the chairman of the Judenrat….

Chaim Rumkowski is one of the most controversial figures in the history of Israel. He was the leader and chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto in Poland, during the Holocaust….

Janusz Korczak (Hebrew: יאנוש קורצ’אק) , also known as Henryk Goldszmit , was a Polish-Jewish educator and children’s author. In 1912, Korczak established a Jewish orphanage, in a building which he designed…

The Ghetto Fighters’ House (Hebrew: בית לוחמי הגטאות) is the first Holocaust museum in the world and also the first of its kind to be founded by Holocaust survivors.   Among the…

There’s an old saying that “clothes make the man”. It suggests that your clothes tell the world who you are and what you are about. From the 7th century in Islamic countries…

Piyyut (Hebrew; פִּיּוּט; Greek: ποιητής) is a lyrical composition with the intention to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony.   Piyyutim have been written since the second Temple time…