The Current Leaders of the British Labor Party Sat Idly By While Anti-Semites Took Over
Is the UK, which stood alone against Hitler, still a safe place for Jews to live?
November 3, 2020
The Gentile Scholar Who Became the First Campus Rabbi
Olaf Gerhard Tychsen, fellow of the sages.
In 1759, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lifshuetz gave a Danish Protestant named Olaf Gerhard Tychsen a document certifying him as a ḥaver, or fellow—a sort of junior version of a rabbinic degree. This is likely the only case in history of traditional rabbinic ordination of any sort being granted to a non-Jew. Previously, Tychsen had studied under Jonathan Eybeschuetz, considered one of the foremost rabbis of his day. Edward Reichman shares some new research into Tychsen’s subsequent activities:
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The West Must Punish the Countries Inciting Terror in Europe
Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan have sided with the beheader.
The Real Tension in Palestinian Politics Is between Those Who Stayed and Those Who Followed Arafat Abroad
Insiders vs. outsiders.
The Permanence of Memory
“I am not here to receive a message but to give one to someone who needs it far more.”
The Gentile Scholar Who Became the First Campus Rabbi
Olaf Gerhard Tychsen, fellow of the sages.