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“Hi,” I said, “you know, we give out food. What’s your name? Are you Jewish?”

To utilize time wisely and avoid wasting time, one must have a schedule, or as my mother called it, a “tochnit”

My zeidy, Reb Yehoshua Tzvi Hershkowitz, founded the very first Tomchei Shabbos more than 40 years ago

Somewhat rusted but totally functional, the shovels found their meaning in assisting in kevuras Yisrael

I felt love for my family, and I was always aware that they loved me. The words, however, were never spoken

Back to the summer of 1993. That was the one summer my father did not complain about going to camp