Photo Credit: Tzvi Fishman
In the old days, with Rabbi Yehuda Hazani in New York.

Please,” I begged Rav Hazani. “Let me come on aliyah!”

It had become obvious to me that Israel, not New York, was the center of Jewish life, like the Prophet says, “For the Torah shall go forth from Zion and the word of the L-rd from Yerushalayim.” I realized that Israel was making all the news that mattered. New York was only reading about it.

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Tzvi Fishman was awarded the Israel Ministry of Education Prize for Creativity and Jewish Culture for his novel "Tevye in the Promised Land." A wide selection of his books are available at Amazon. His recent movie "Stories of Rebbe Nachman" The DVD of the movie is available online.