For the Record
Ultimately the Greenberg Rosh Hashanah story reflects the tragic course of American Jewish assimilation
The Moment
Courtesy of a “non-impactful” trip two years ago (and a baseball cap)
For the Record
Rav Sonnenfeld reassured me, “To have the Chofetz Chaim come to Eretz Yisrael, I would sign on Hoshana Rabbah with both hands”
The Moment
“The Chazon Ish repeated the words ‘makom Torah, makom Torah’ and sat down. That was his entire derashah”
For the Record
What ultimately facilitated shemiras Shabbos in the United States
For the Record
“Jewish history as a discipline and Jewish history books in general did not come into vogue until the late nineteenth century”
