About the Author


Lori Holzman

Lori Holzman has a BA in English and a MS in Information and Library Science from Queens College. She works at an Educational Publishing Company in New York. She has published articles in Listen Magazine, The Jewish Studies Journal and the Knight News. She is also the author of the best-selling picture book Chaim Ephraim and the Shabbos Guests.


When Jews Were Saved: Celebrating Personal and Communal Salvations throughout History

If you’re a Jew alive today, chances are there’s a miraculous story of survival in your family history. Here are a few of them.

Plea-Bargaining and Jewish Law

It’s surprising how many innocent people confess to crimes they didn’t commit. This can’t happen in Jewish law.

Me, the Office Rabbi

I thought that work wasn’t the place to discuss religion. All that changed once word got out that I was religious.

Surrounded at the Nursing Home

“Remember the tenth of December!” the old man said, pointing a warning finger at me.

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