For over a century, Rebbetzin Malka Waltner and her husband traversed the globe on their mission to bring Torah to every Jewish child
I follow Rebbetzin Malka Waltner’s finger as she points to the panoramic view of Yerushalayim visible from her living room. I glance toward the window and then look back at the bright, intelligent eyes of a centenarian woman who has seen Germany and London, Gateshead and Morocco, Gibraltar and Belgium.
The Rebbetzin’s heart is a repository of stories from different times, and the silhouettes of yesterday’s greatness accompany her through her days. The view, indeed, is beautiful.
“It’s worth everything, no? When I have this, I don’t need anything else.”
I’ve come greedy for stories. A consummate hostess, the Rebbetzin, however, is absorbed first in offering me drinks and hearing about my journey.
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