To Bring Peace, Free Palestinians from Hamas—and Iran
Thoughts from a diplomat who helped to negotiate the Abraham Accords.
June 10, 2021
The Vacationing Rabbis of the Marienbad Spa
Where the Dutch queen approached the Munkatsher rebbe for a blessing.
If you find a pre-World War II photograph of several European rabbis together, chances are high that they are either at a large wedding or at a resort of the kind once popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries—where people went to enjoy the putative health benefits of fresh air and “curative” waters. If the picture was taken at a resort, chances are high it was the Marienbad spa (now Mariánské Lázně in Czechoslovakia), a popular destination for Orthodox Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. David Leitner, whose ḥasidic great-grandfather founded the town’s Hotel National, has recently written a book about the spa and its role in rabbinic history. Matt Lebovic writes:
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The Rise and Fall of the Black-Jewish Alliance, and How It Might Be Revived
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The Vacationing Rabbis of the Marienbad Spa
Where the Dutch queen approached the Munkatsher rebbe for a blessing.