Kol Machzikei Hadat and its sister newspaper Machzikai Hadat both served as the official journals of the Machzikei Hadat organization, which was active in Galicia between 1878–1914…

Our visit to the offices of the Kollel and its archives was exciting. The front rooms of the office opened a window into the character of the Kollel and its extensive activities in our day…

Galician Jewish society still exists in our day. The Galicia Kollel – that institution that served as a base of financial support for many Jews from Galicia who immigrated to the Holy Land, still stands and continues to function as it did then…

Impressions of a tour organized by the institute during Elul 5779 at the Galicia Kollel in Meah Shearim and the Galicia Court in the Old City of Jerusalem

The presentation of people with various types of disfigurement, “human monsters,” portrayed as a wonder of the world, is one of the markers of the culture of European fairs. This phenomenon is reflected in the rabbinic literature of the time.

“It appears to me that it is completely and utterly prohibited to attend these inappropriate fairs, such as those in Ukraine” – on the Maharshal’s attempt to limit the travel of Jewish merchants to trade fairs