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It's a very quiet night in the Shtetl, and our fiddler is just fiddling away, all alone in the glow of the moon. But the neighbors are listening, everyone loves...

How do we keep our balance? Tradition. Balancing one's life in the Shtetl is as easy as walking a tight rope above the Shtetl.

Medium: Oil on CanvasI once asked a boy at the Kosel "What are you asking from Hashem?" he answered "A new Game Boy". That teaches us a pure lesson in...

"There are no atheists in the trenches" says General Patton. That is true, especially with our holy soldiers who are on the front lines protecting their brothers and sisters in...

Medium: Acrylic on CanvasThe Chalake boy is celebrating his turning of age, when he'll have his long hair cut and leave with beautiful Payos. Thousands of 3-year-old kids are brought...

Getting one's foot above the ground in joy, is not just dancing. It signifies the ability of men to elevate, to rise above earthly lust and wanting. To get closer...

One is a soldier, one is a scholar and both have a duty to protect Am Yisrael, one overlaps the other and both are needed. We need achdus and Ahavas...

This pen drawing depicts an older Lower East Side Jew bent over his sewing machine, working endless hours in a garment factory. His eyes are weary and tired from overworking and...

This blue pen drawing depicts a Zaidy after morning prayers, learning Chumash & Rashi. Reminds me of my own Zaidy who would learn every day, and everything that he learned...

This elderly Jew standing in a street in pre-war Lodz, Poland, has been waiting around for weeks to find a job, any job to feed his family. His lips won't...

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas A porter by trade, but not many clients today. This Jew in pre-war Poland is lucky that he has a wagon, while many of his peers...

A water carrier was a very hard and backbreaking job, but it stirs a world of imagination in our minds. No story of Shtetl life is complete without mentioning the...

They just picked up their ration of baked bread, sugar and butter distributed by the Joint, and are taking a break before heading home. What's going on in their head, besides...

Daily Yiddish newspapers in prewar Europe were a usual sight, from community politics, world news events to sports. People would wait around at the neighborhood newsstand, waiting for the daily...

One of the best times spent with your children is learning time, if done with passion and heart, they will remember it forever.

Two brothers holding hands while walking down Meah Shearim, Jerusalem. Drawing based on photograph of @nachmanhellman

This contemporary piece was done by Acrylic finger painting. Prayer while surrounded by nature is very powerful, as we see many of our forefathers prayed in the fields.

That's a typical poster wall in Meah Shearim, it's where the locals read most of their news, since most of them have no Radio or Television.

That kid sees candy, mountains of candy, rivers of sweetness flowing in the Shuk. Which flavor will be the most exciting for Shabbat? I would eat them all...

I love walking those old streets towards the holy wall and feel the beauty. The renovated streets are right on top of the upper city of Jerusalem mentioned in Yosofin,...