Good evening and welcome to Jew in the City’s 6th Annual All Star Awards – the greatest night in orthodox jewish professional success. I tend to write speeches last minute and as I was deciding what I wanted to say, a wave of panic swept across me as I wondered if we remembered to schedule this event in […]
AJ Edelman, the first Orthodox Jewish male Olympian; Jerry Wittenstein, a NASA scientist who helped put the first man on the moon; and the Secretary of Transportation of Massachusetts, Stephanie Pollack, are among 10 individuals who have been named the 6th class of Orthodox Jewish All Stars by Jew in the City, the organization dedicated to re-branding […]
“I think its fair to say that the Orthodox community is diverse… more diverse than some people who aren’t close to it realize.”
“There was always a respect of my traditions, because if needed, I would come in after Yom Kippur…My boss [called me] and said, ‘Hey Federbush, I see that there are three stars out, I’m gonna need you to come in.’ He knows that I would and did.”
“Science doesn’t give answers, it ask questions. And it’s certainly not all questions and not all things are answered.”
“Orthodox Judaism, Torah, I infuse it into my life and it provides a springboard for me to enhance my life, and [it puts] meaning in everything that I do.”
