Morris Mandel

Morris Mandel was born in 1911 in Lublin, Poland. His family moved to the United States when he was three. His son Allen Mandel, is a rabbi. Mandel wrote advice columns for The Jewish Press, "Human Emotions" and "Youth Speaks Up," for close to five decades. He was English principal of Yeshiva Toras Emes; a guidance counselor in the New York City public school system; taught law and accounting; ran a singles group that produced many marriages, headed summer camps ^[2] in the 1940s and 50s; lectured in the United States, Canada, and Israel; and wrote close to 50 books^[3] and raised funds for several Jewish causes.^[4]

Mandel addressed different audiences with different messages.^[5] His "Problems in Human Emotions" column sometimes said the seemingly obvious ("Even the darkest hour only has 60 minutes" ^[6]), but in a way that found him being authoritatively cited ^[7]