Dr. Julius Kuhl should be as famous as the protagonist of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning Holocaust movie, but after saving up to two thousand lives (Oskar Schindler saved 1600), this modest hero was not looking for recognition. Post-World War II, Kuhl settled in Toronto with his family where he ran a construction company and lived in […]
This may seem like a strange topic for a rav of a shul to talk about; however, since I enjoy sharing all facets of my life I am not going to exclude you from an interesting episode which occurred just last night. I am probably the only Orthodox rabbi who every year is identified as […]
While many Orthodox Jewish men dress in black, the mask, cape and Batman costume Josh Aryeh wears is a little less typical. This is the getup he dons every week in order to give solace and entertainment to children with cancer and other chronic illnesses. “Ever since I was a kid I loved giving back,” explains […]
Houston is in recovery mode. It’s just beginning and it’s going to be a long and arduous journey. Driving through the streets in areas that have been hit hard is breath stopping. There are no words to describe what it’s like seeing people’s whole lives laid out in huge piles on their front lawns. House […]
Orthodox Jews make up over 15% of the living kidney donors in the U.S. who give their kidney to a complete stranger. Here are some of those stories. (This statistic is based on on data from the US Department of Health and Human Services and Renewal.)
Often in life, resume and eulogy qualities are confused, but this was not the case for Chaim “Lobo” Silber, of blessed memory. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Silber attended Torah v’Daas and Brooklyn College with a degree in math, which he used to manage his computer leasing company, a company that was extremely profitable. But […]
