There’s a new phenomenon in the world of publishing today, an aesthetic, masterful revolution that began with a brushstroke and exploded in a flash of talent never glimpsed before. Behind it all is a name, Gadi Pollack. Meet the artist whose creations are keeping kids and adults spellbound.
She was born and bred in Great Neck, New York, an area famous for its suburban lifestyle, the US Merchant Marine Academy, and large Jewish community. So how did Debbie Waissbluth end up a rebbetzin in Santiago, Chile, a Catholic, Spanish-speaking city with many museums, pollution, and a minuscule Jewish population?
Walking on Rechov Chanah in Jerusalem’s Shikkun Chabad, you’ll notice a street sign posted on a set of steps. “Maalos HaRav Nanes” the sign declares, commemorating a man who survived twenty years in the Soviet Gulag, later moving to Eretz Yisrael and teaching Torah to hundreds who visited his house on Rechov Chanah. Mishpacha examines the four phases of a fascinating life.
Mishpacha visits with Reb Shloime Biegeleisen, Boro Park’s Legendary Bookseller
The word “Breslov” carries so many different connotations that it’s hard to formulate an authoritative definition. Mishpacha speaks to two of America’s leading experts on the Breslover derech for insight, clarity, and candid demystifying of a very misunderstood movement
