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Yaakov Merdinger transforms lumps of metal into cups of blessing

A long-ago art form sheds light on Maimonides and the medieval Jewish world where he flourished

I hung up, disturbed and confused. I’d heard a lot about the “system’s” discrimination against families from other backgrounds

In 1948, our Uncle Max in London helped our family obtain visas to England. The sefer Torah and the Shas, an original Vilna edition, came with us

I went to inspire, yet I was the one who left inspired

Avi wasn’t interested in my little speech and promptly fired me