ShalomNewYork.com

“Renowned Jewish scholar Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz visited Oxford University’s Chabad Society this week to deliver a lecture in honor of Sir Isaiah Berlin, considered by many to be one of the most prominent liberal thinkers of the 20th century. Not just content with simply presenting a lecture, though, the Israeli rabbi joined a group of students to tour Jewish sites of interest in the city, including the presumed location where Haggai of Oxford, a 13th century convert to Judaism, was executed by edict of the non-Jewish religious authorities. They held an afternoon prayer service at the site.Steinsaltz also visited the university’s Bodleian Library, which is usually closed members of the general public, to peruse its collection of Jewish manuscripts, including the oldest known copy of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah.” more@ChabadUK.org