“One of the things I learned from Rav Mendel Weinbach ztz”l was that our job was to put people’s spiritual yearnings and sentiments into words”

“I’m only here because my wife said let’s go,” said Rabbi Avraham Tanzer after 55 years as rosh yeshivah in South Africa. “People from Williamsburg and Telz don’t do Africa”

Alan Gross’s career took him to 54 countries, by his count. Most were routine business trips. His most recent visit to Cuba lasted five years — against his will

“Are we giving the right amount, to the proper people? Do we help our own family members when they are down and out? This is not a response to Pittsburgh. It’s a response to Hashem”

“My whole world became one big black hole. I didn’t know anything about Judaism and I had no idea what to expect”