Background
He was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in The Hague, Netherlands until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen by the Nazis.
He was born in Basel, Switzerland and lived in The Hague, Netherlands until 1942, when he was deported to Bergen-Belsen by the Nazis.
He now resides in Brooklyn, New New York He is the author of 19 books including The Essential Maimonides, In My Flesh I See God, The Responsa Anthology, and The Great Torah Masters, published by Jason Aronson. He has also translated Ein Yaakov: The Ethical and Inspirational Teachings of the Talmud in one volume.
And Nefesh Hachaim: Rav Chaim of Volozhin"s classic exploration of the fundamentals of Jewish belief.