Project Mesorah At Mesivta Veretzky
The students in the Mesivta Bais Aron Tzvi Veretzky were treated to an intellectual lecture and discussion regarding the history surrounding the yom tov of Chanukah. The lecture entitled "Chanukah: Historic Perspectives" was presented by Rabbi Mordechai Becher, who is a senior lecturer for the Gateways Organization.
Over 1,000 Yeshiva Students Attend Live Jewish History Lectures Throughout The Metropolitan Area
Throngs of students at top Yeshivos throughout
the Metropolitan area took part this past year in
Project Mesorah’s Jewish History Lecture Series.
The program brings world-class educators directly
into the classrooms and study halls of today’s most
prominent Yeshivos. Last year, Yeshivos such asTorah Temimah, Kaminetz, Yesodei Yeshurun,Tiferes Yisroel, Waterbury and Darchei Torah all signed up for the program, which includes a series of live lectures on Jewish history delivered rightwithin the confines of each Yeshiva. The lectures are timed to coincide with important events in
Jewish history, and are presented in a way that makes the events come to life before the students. Project Mesorah enlisted noted lecturer and historian,
Rabbi Mordechai Becher, to develop several of the
lectures in the program. For example, for the Purim lecture, Rabbi Becher’s presentation was designed to complement the traditional understanding of Purim by utilizing archeological artifacts and providing a time line of the Persian/Iranian dynasties from
Project Mesorah Reunites Holocaust Survivor With Liberator
In a dramatic series of events, Project Mesorah successfully reunited Holocaust survivor AaronHalperin with Sergeant Alan Moskin, a Jewish World- War II veteran who helped liberate Halperin from his
concentration camp some 65 years earlier. Sergeant Moskin was a member of General Patton's Third
Army which headed the liberation of the Gutskirche concentration camp. This amazing story was featured
extensively in an article in Z'man magazine. Project Mesorah arranged for the reunification to take place
in Florida, where Mr. Halpern lives, and Sgt. Moskin was flown in from New York for the event. Students
and hanhala at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in North Miami Beach attended Project Mesorah's program in honor
of the reunification, and were visibly moved and inspired by the experience.