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Nachman Gets a Stamp

Rabbi is subject of forthcoming Nextbook Press book

by
Marc Tracy
June 29, 2010
The new stamp.(Vos Iz Neias?)
The new stamp.(Vos Iz Neias?)

Israel issued a new stamp to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The Rav’s Hasidic followers make a pilgrimage to his grave, in Uman, Ukraine, every year; the stamp itself is based on a painting by the current Breslov rabbi, who in turn based it on a 1922 photograph of mourners.

Nextbook Press’s Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratzslav and Franz Kafka, by Rodger Kamenetz, drops in October.

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.