A Gift Passed Along
When I took this photo, I wasn’t covering an event; I was part of the crowd davening
A Gift Passed Along
Mr. Reifman was an “alter Europa’esha Yid,” who had learned to lein in his hometown shtetl in Europe
A Gift Passed Along
A tangible link between lofty generations engaged in the same enduring dance between Heaven and earth
A Gift Passed Along
He was my principal; he was also my ally and my cheerleader and one of the only people who took an odd little girl, dreamy but fierce, and tended to her
A Gift Passed Along
If you took a moment and stepped inside, you were quickly overcome by the smell of dust, of pages, of history, of life itself
A Gift Passed Along
They know it’s the prelude to a busy 24 hours that begins with water
A Gift Passed Along
I found out that fiction can transport, uplift, and connect you to something bigger then yourself
A Gift Passed Along
I printed that email in full and laminated it, and it hangs on my fridge to this day
A Gift Passed Along
It was harder than it sounds. I didn’t feel it. And I wanted to feel it, and I wanted my kids to feel it
Voice in the Crowd
Let’s be honest. Our parents and grandparents know something we don’t
Calligraphy
Did Nechemiah learn there? Was it a yeshivah? He spent a lot of time there, and she knew he was learning chassidus (“mindblowing stuff,” he liked to tell them)
A Gift Passed Along
My mother's passion percolated within me. And over the last year, it found expression in a direction she could not have foreseen
Risk Factor
Mommy, I tried to be there. Please tell Abba that 500 miles and quarantine is nothing for a Bivhilu
Calligraphy
“But this was always the plan. We were only ever foster parents to Josh. My sister never wanted to give him up for good”
