Birkat Chaverim
A number of years ago on the suggestion of a friend, I had the opportunity to visit Izzy Pludwinski in his studio. I was impressed by how he spoke about his work, and the calmness he emitted during the visit. Since that visit, I have not met him, but his name has cropped up via artist friends who respect his work and who have learned fr ...
Reviewing Rav Mitch Heifetz z"l and Michael Toben's HaKol Baseder Haggadah Kit has brought back memories from my adolesence, time at TVI and various Bnei Akiva functions. I was not particularly close to Rav Mitch z"l, I was a fairly introverted, quite kid in large groups (which is where I met him), but I did admire him. Rav Mitch was the rav machan ...