Zaidy Morgenstern showed methat survival comes in many shapes and forms
The sailor had taught him well.
In time, the Israeli government learned about the engineer in Monsey. The man who thought he was dreaming when he was flown from New York to Boston was flown across the ocean and welcomed at Lod Airport by a team of officials, shown around the ancient, holy country and given the chance to help its military.
And there, too, he told them his theory about yeshivah guys — about their creativity, work ethic, and erlichkeit, well understanding the cultural divide in that country. And of course, he told them about the sailor, sharing a lesson learned early on about courage and self-respect.
HEwas voted in as president of Yeshivah of Spring Valley, bringing the creativity and innovation that had pushed him to build new data systems to this role as well.
A friend of mine recalls growing up in Monsey of those years. A student at the school, he occasionally found himself on the hard wooden bench outside the principal’s office — not because of any misbehavior, but because his parents could not pay tuition.
Create a free account to keep reading.
