Rosa Katzenelson

Sometimes, words of reproach are necessary. But when they are offered against a backdrop of love—with firm trust between the student and teacher, child and parent—then the child can hear and internalize and grow from what his mentor is saying.

It’s easy to understand why there is a perception that studying for a degree or our jobs should be our priority, while studying Torah is the cream that floats on top; nice enough, but not exactly crucial to life.

You have just the solution. You know the formula—the exact steps she could take to overcome her difficulties and reach her goal. Resist the temptation to offer it. As a mentor, your role isn’t to swoop in and save your mentee, but to guide her to take res...

This picture is inspired by Tashlich. People come with families to the pond to read the 13 attributes of mercy on Rosh Hashanah afternoon. The picture is a pastoral interpretation of Jewish life. Through the details I share my impressionist view of Jewish...

A glimpse of intimacy: a mother sits with her two daughters on the bench. The jewels of the mother’s necklace are made by the Aleph-Bet letters coming from the book, and the precious Hebrew letters fill the atmosphere of the scene.

The intense use of impasto, and fusion between figure and abstraction, makes the picture indefinable and elusive, changing shape, always running away, and at the same time, malleable and untamable like the desire hinted in the gaze of the Tzadik on the da...

Rabbi Lazar’s Menorah reminds us of part of the story of the people that lived in Crown Heights. His secret Mitzvah was revealed after he passed on, when the people realized that all the money that he was asking for was only for the purpose of tzedaka (ch...

The Chanukah picture expresses the quintessence of the pure oil in our souls. In my painting, the brushwork depicts forms with suggestive use of color in concentrated strokes that enhances the light from within.