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
For the Record
Lakewood, NJ had a few other “false starts” prior to Rav Aharon Kotler’s arrival there in 1943
A Promise Kept
Ayala, I try reasoning with myself. You have two options. You can either get to work making phone calls or you can cry
A Gift Passed Along
Life is like one big game of I Spy, looking for people who need a ride, directions, or help
Why I Do What I Do
This wasn’t just a couple of Jewish Agency contacts in Moscow with an interest in moving to Israel. It was an entire secret network, an entire Orthodox community that functioned u ...
A Promise Kept
“What do you think?” Reb Laizor thundered. “Without mussar I would be like that too!”
A Gift Passed Along
When the Darchei Ish shul opened its doors in Bnei Brak, those Simchas Torah scenes came back to life
