As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 9, 2021. Losing feels worse than winning feels good. –Vin Scully Earlier in the week, we had the joy of attending a parent-teacher/conference. We were sitting with the math teacher, who gave the familiar, “Your son is such a good boy, but…” when a message came […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 2, 2021. “Let me tell you, I’m not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin’ like a little simple sugar icing to get the blood pumping at 9 a.m.” – Chris Benz I think the trend to eat healthily has reached Hanukkah. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 25, 2021. “You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 18, 2021. “If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.” – Donald Rumsfeld Earlier this week I was privileged to attend the dedication of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s new building. The building is stunning. A big congrats to co-founder and executive […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 11, 2021. “Thank you, dear God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 4, 2021. “It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.” – Thomas Sowell For the first time in many years, inflation has reared its ugly head. This time it appears […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 28, 2021. “We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.” – Theodore Bikel I like to refer to it as being consistent and dependable, but others would argue that I am not […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 21, 2021. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg There has been a lot of political talk recently about the need to […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 14, 2021. “I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.” – Neil Armstrong A few […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 7, 2021. “We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.” – Ambrose Bierce It seems like society is becoming more and more polarized. Michael Dimock of Pew Research writes, “The US is hardly the only country […]
