We all recite this phrase daily in Shema. But what does it mean? The word that needs a proper translation is יפתה. The phrase comes
Rabbi Dovi Eisenberger was one of the esteemed learning rebbeim here in Camp Dora Golding for a number of summers. As Tisha B’av was beginning
Highlighting: “Sam & Rita Newman: Survivor Stories,” by Avi Newman and Zev Newman. 2022. 331 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8445687658. Zev Newman of New York City was
1. Get the interviews transcribed. We used a transcription company in Israel, both because of the price and their ability to understand basic Yiddish and
Highlighting: “My Parents and Me: Heartwarming Stories for Teens” by Rabbi Shimon Finkelman. ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications. 2022. Hardcover. 242 pages. ISBN #: 9781422632284. Your new book
Reviewing: “Lily’s Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live” by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman. Macmillan. 2021. English. Hardcover. ISBN-13: 978-1529073409.
Reviewing: “The Aggadic Mindset: How Talmudic Tales Shape the Jewish Outlook,” by Rabbi Chaim and Binyamin Jachter. Kol Torah Publications, 2022. 320 pages. ISBN: 97988416449519. Rabbi Chaim
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Sal Guggenheim, 68, considers himself a second-time immigrant. Sal and his wife, Mira, made aliyah from Passaic to Efrat this past
I cannot be the only one who is sort of startled every time I pay with a credit card and, after swiping my card, the
Our legacies are generated by the stories of our lives. Some of us record those stories on our own through our writings or oral histories.
The reality is that my great-grandparents didn’t just die, they were murdered. They were two of 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their
On a cold winter night in January 1986, Dr. Amy Neustein was accompanying her father for dinner at Ratner’s restaurant on the Lower East Side
