As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 5, 2024. The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life, and the procedure, the process, is its own […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 1, 2024. Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 23, 2024. In this week’s Torah portion it says, “The One Who feeds you manna in the desert…in order to test you. (Devarim 8:16) The commentators all ask the obvious question as to what the test is. According to the Sforno the test is to see […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 16, 2024. When planning your wedding you make so many decisions: ‘Do I want this fork or that fork?’ But in the end people aren’t going to remember what napkin holder you choose. -Lara Stone A few days ago, I was sitting around the living room […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 9, 2024. “The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.” -P. J. O’Rourke 3 times […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 2, 2024. If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke I often complain to my friends, that in Jewish education, very little attention is paid to the interaction between everyday money dealings […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 27, 2024. Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. – Gabby Douglas With times still tense in Israel, people are looking for any small diversion to take their minds off the “situation” for a short period. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 19, 2024. “He taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor A few days ago, I was trying to organize my desk. I specifically said ‘organize’ and not ‘clean up’ because my desk is the definition of organized chaos. It’s […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 12, 2024. “There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation. To put it mildly: the world is a mess.” -Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Recently most of the calls I receive deal with the fact that the world is […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 5, 2024. My recently deceased father used to tell us that in Russia, there was a saying that the Torah portion of Korach, the 4th chapter of Ethics of the Fathers, and the ripening of the blackberries all would fall out on the same week. It […]
