The Michtom Family made philanthropy a priority. Their original design of the bear was cherished by the Roosevelt family and is memorialized at the Smithsonian Institute.
He framed the goal of overcoming feelings of inferiority in terms of three life tasks: meaningful work, a love relationship and connection to community.
Our friendship was born out of a very public dispute. We were speaking more at each other than with each other, and decided studying Torah together would change that.
The slanderous report shows no understanding of the reality of Israeli society, any more than it does of Israel’s challenges in finding an enduring answer to the Palestinian question.
I’ve told my children countless times that I met their father thanks to my father, who played the role of a persistent matchmaker while God was winking behind the scenes.