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
Risk Factor
Mommy, I tried to be there. Please tell Abba that 500 miles and quarantine is nothing for a Bivhilu
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)
Family First Feature
Once, there were no custom sheitels, kosher cookbooks, and seminaries. These pioneers changed that
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”
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
