It’s a tough interview to conduct, since Rebbetzin Ackerman can’t quite figure out why I consider her achievements noteworthy
For more than half a century, Rebbetzin Dvorah ackerman stood by her husband’s side as together they built up stoliner mosdos across two continents. throughout the years, the rebbetzin kept on going and giving, her joie de vivre never diminishing, despite the many challenges she faced.
I
am not sure what I expected when I arrive at the Boro Park apartment of Rebbetzin Dvorah Ackerman, storied matriarch of the Stoliner institutions in New York and Bnei Brak, but it certainly isn’t the cheerful, computer-savvy octogenarian who greets me.
With a smile that never leaves her face, my diminutive hostess doesn’t conceal her amusement that someone wants to interview her, but she obligingly shares her life story with me, showing me her wedding album and streaming a video of a hachnassas sefer Torah in her husband’s honor with equal ease.
It’s a tough interview to conduct, since Rebbetzin Ackerman can’t quite figure out why I consider her achievements noteworthy, but being the generous and convivial woman she is, she’s happy to humor me. The story that unfolds covers eras and continents.
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