He possessed an ability to “get things done” 

"These are now our children, the children of the entire Jewish nation"

He did not believe that American yeshivah youth were any less yirei Shomayim than their Eastern European counterparts

Though the city of Chadera eventually developed a secular character, in the 1960s a branch of the Novardok yeshivah opened in Chadera

Ramaz expressed gratitude to Hashem for giving him his son for an additional 32 years

Brisk in Boston

The interwar period was marked by constant traveling on behalf of the yeshivah, which necessitated stamps in no less than four languages

Following the death of his son, Lazarus Joseph initiated the first regular minyan in the State Capitol building in Albany to recite Kaddish

The outbreak of World War I on August 1 stymied his plans, stranding him in Europe for the better part of a year

The idyllic shtetl life that made observance possible seemed a distant memory