Toby Klein Greenwald
The Life and Legacy of Torah Scholar and Prolific Author Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
August 7, 2020
Steinsaltz was perhaps best known for his groundbreaking commentary of the Babylonian Talmud, which is credited with making the ancient Jewish texts more accessible.
When Tears Turn to Laughter
July 23, 2020
Photo-journalist Ruth Gruber made me laugh. Maybe I shouldn’t be laughing on Tisha b’Av, I thought.
Barbed Wire Fails to Separate Hearts
August 11, 2005
Almost every war has one photographic image that emerges and that remains ingrained in the public\’s mind — and the media — as the defining picture of that war.
My Mikvah Lady
September 11, 2003
For the 27 years of my married life, I measured all the mikvah ladies I met by Rachel. It was unfair competition. Had Agnon known her, he would have written a story about her, like he did about Tehila. But, of course, he couldn\’t have known her like we, the women, did.
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