History of Eastern European Yeshivot - August 31

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - August 31 - Aug 31, 2026 - R' Yozel Horwitz's living in isolation compared to the life of a Nazir. How and why R' Horwitz changed from a businessman to a Torah personality. How and why his yeshiva in Novardok succeeded. Park East Synagogue's Chabad Rabbi. Why Chabad influences Jews to become observant more successfully than Litvaks. Life in the USSR in the 1980s. Legacy of Resilience by Nuchie Schapiro. Chabad in Maplewood. Essas family leaves the USSR. Letter to Tel Aviv University faculty. Chabad stayed and functioned as actively as was possible in the USSR. Why Novardok left the USSR. R' Rakeffet's experiences in Communist Russia. The Nineteen Letters: R. Dr. Bernard Drachman's translation. The impact of sending—in particular—young Americans into Russia on Jews living in Russia. Being expelled from the USSR on Shabbat. Putin and Chabad. קראתי שמך ה' מבור תחתיות by Avraham Yisrael ארנברג. His interactions with Chabad during WW2 in Siberia (available at Yad Vashem library or archive).