As a kid, I was inspired by a magnificent Hebrew School Teacher but subsequently landed in an un-inspiring day school which left me in a rather intense love-hate relationship with […]
Ariel was born and raised in Argentina. After studying at the University in Buenos Aires for three years, Ariel decided to spend his summer vacation backpacking through Europe. He travelled […]
The first time I saw Reb Meir Schuster was in the Beis Medrash of the Beis Yosef (Nevardok) Yeshiva. This was in 1971 or ’72 when Reb Meir was learning […]
Amsterdam Beth was sitting on her bed in a hotel in Amsterdam looking at her tourist map. She had been sightseeing for days. She saw the Rembrandt house, the Van […]
This story may sound “typical” of Reb Meir but anyone who has read Rabbi Winston’s books or heard him speak will understand that this was not one of Reb Meir’s […]
As I walked away from the Kotel for the first time in June 1980, my sister, who had already been to Israel twice, noticed someone on his way toward us. […]
When I arrived in Israel in 1979 it was to help my younger sister and her new husband get settled on a kibbutz. My uncle Jerry accompanied us. Uncle Jerry […]
I worked closely with Rabbi Schuster for over twenty years and I can say with confidence that what one saw in public, one saw in private. If Reb Meir clapped […]
Here’s my story. It was 1978 and I spent the first semester of my junior year of college in a study abroad program in Oxford, England. I decided to take […]
The following story is told in various versions by people who have heard it directly from Reb Meir or from individuals who know him well. But the most detailed – […]