Rabbi Hirshel Jaffe

Rabbi Hirshel Jaffe was the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Jacob in Newburgh, NY, for 25 years. He is the author of Why Me? Why Anyone?, which chronicles his rescue from leukemia and his spiritual triumph over despair. He was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, from which he also received an honorary doctorate for his work “comforting the sick and his noble influence upon all people.”