The 29th of Tammuz marks the 914th yahrzeit of one of the most prolific commentators in Jewish history, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, more commonly known as Rashi. In honor of the yahrzeit we decided to take a look at how Rashi font has evolved and what how Koren Publishers is restoring the original Rashi font in the 21st century.…
Today marks the Seventeenth of Tammuz. A somber day for the Jewish people and the beginning of the “Three Weeks”; a mourning period leading up to Tisha B’Av. The Seventeenth of Tammuz is a fast day commemorating the breath of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple. Traditionally this day also…
When Eliyahu Korngold made aliyah, he was passionate about a number of things, primarily art, the Hebrew letter and Jerusalem. He left Germany in 1933, changed his last name to Koren and set sail for Eretz Yisrael. For Mr. Koren, Jerusalem was the manifestation of beauty and tradition. It was a city that represented vitality,…
The following is a portion of the introduction by Rabbi Doron Perez of World Mizrachi to the The Krengel Family World Mizrachi Edition of the Koren Mahzor for Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim. *** Miracles of Biblical Proportions The remarkable reality of a sovereign State of Israel, only three years after the ovens of Auschwitz,…
The following post was written by Toby Press author Dr. Susan Weingarten. Dr. Weingarten is author of the newly released book Haroset: A Taste of Jewish History. My Life with Haroset By Susan Weingarten I grew up in a tiny Jewish community in the north of England, so small that even most of the British have…
As we approach Passover, called hag haherut (the festival of freedom) in Jewish prayer, stories of persecution and oppression once again rise to our consciousness. Told by our grandparents, parents, and other influential people in our lives, these personal stories shape and reaffirm our collective narrative and remind us that B’chol dor vador”, every generation…
Koren is Not a New Company – We’ve Been Around Since 1961! Koren Publishers Jerusalem is an Israeli publisher of Jewish religious texts established in 1961 by Eliyahu Koren, with the aim of publishing the first Hebrew Bible designed, edited, printed, and bound by Jews in nearly 500 years. We produced The Koren Bible in 1962. The Tanakh’s textual…
Perhaps it is not a coincidence that the Torah readings from the first chapters of Exodus always coincide with Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. As we read about the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt and becoming a free nation, the U.S. celebrates a man that helped redefine social justice and break the chains of segregation…
The Koren Publishers’ Newsletter is excited to announce a new monthly feature; Staff Picks. Every month a different member of our team will tell us about some of their favorite titles or give their recommendations for books that you may have missed, but certainly deserve your attention. Meet the people who make the books you…
UPDATE: Mavericks, Mystics, and False Messiahs by Rabbi Pini Dunner has been named a Finalist for a 2018 National Jewish Book Award! Mazal tov Rabbi Dunner! An 18th century eccentric, social justice minded, British nobleman AND a righteous convert to Judaism… that is the description of Lord George Gordon otherwise known as Yisrael bar Avraham Gordon.…