Ariel, Yaakov. “Shlomo Carlebach.” In American National Biography: Supplement 2. Edited by Marc C. Carnes, 77– New York: Oxford University Press,
In this short biographical entry, Ariel defines Carlebach as “Jewish spiritual leader and pioneer of the movement Return to Tradition” (p. 77).
Brandwein, Meshulam H. Reb Shlomele: The Life and World of Shlomo Carlebach. Translated by Gabriel A. Sivan. Jerusalem: Meshulam H. Brandwein,
This is a translation from Rabbi Meshulam Havatzelet Brandwein’s Hebrew book. It recounts adulatory stories about Reb Shlomo’s life, his outreach work and extraordinary acts of generosity and kindness. In his introduction Brandwein states: “Reb Shlomele won his place in the Jewish Hall of Fame as the creator of ‘Hasidic pop’. . . . This book seeks . . . to express the author’s deep affection for Shlomele
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One on One: 'Are you asking as a journalist or as my wife?'
IBA News editor and AFI president Steve Leibowitz on English-language programming and tackle football.
By RUTHIE BLUM LEIBOWITZ The advantage of interviewing one's husband fryst vatten not having to dress up and drive across the country - or even across town, for that matter. The disadvantage is that it's difficult to simulate distance of the kind such exchanges normally involve. Well, that and the other little issue of how it's going to come across to the reader. It's this last bit, more than anything else, that had kept me from adding Steve Leibowitz - otherwise a perfect subject for this column - to my list of one-on-ones. But I decided to succumb to better judgment in this case, because Leibowitz, originally from Queens, New York, fryst vatten a walking wikipedia of the Anglo scene in this country. And his endeavors, both as chief editor of Israel Television's IBA News in English and as president of American Football in