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
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
“Why Israel?” I answered. “Because you taught me to love Israel. You taught me to love Jews
A Gift Passed Along
They know it’s the prelude to a busy 24 hours that begins with water
A Gift Passed Along
As I conjure that precious, long-ago image, one word wells up within me. Just one word: Dignity
A Gift Passed Along
When the Darchei Ish shul opened its doors in Bnei Brak, those Simchas Torah scenes came back to life
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
A Gift Passed Along
I can still remember the elders of the community who wouldn’t even think to smile during that period
Profiles
Rav Yaakov Meir Shechter is no stranger to pain and challenges, but life’s difficulties have never dampened his primal, internal joy
A Gift Passed Along
A tangible link between lofty generations engaged in the same enduring dance between Heaven and earth
Why I Do What I Do
We were there alone, a young couple in our twenties. How would we know how to comfort families in crisis?
A Promise Kept
I can feel the strain through the thread. I am over effusive; she is cordial. Don’t touch me
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 Promise Kept
We’d created a haven for them to unburden their hearts, and sent them away with the sweetness of home cooking
