Drawing New Worlds

His old world was gone. If he survived, what would the young yeshivah bachur find in the new world?

Drawing New Worlds is the remarkable story of Rabbi Yosef Meir Markovitz, the respected patriarch of a large family in Williamsburg. The story begins on the eve of the Holocaust in old-world Hungary, with its esteemed yeshivos and tangible yiras Shamayim. We are given a vivid portrayal of real life in the last moments of the alter heim as we join Yosef Meir in his journey from one yeshivah to another and his face-to-face encounters with the Torah luminaries of the previous generation.

His world is about to change forever, but his impeccable upbringing, sheer determination, and stalwart emunah will enable him to draw new worlds around himself — both in pre- and post-war Europe, as he fights for his physical and spiritual survival.
Poignant and often humorous, Drawing New Worlds will open readers’ hearts to the courageous story of one man’s struggle and triumph.

ISBN: 9781614651895