As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 18, 2025. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? -Satchel Paige At the end of this week’s Tora portion, Pinchas, we read about sacrifices and laws related to the holidays. Not to scare you too much but the High Holidays […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 10, 2025. “Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.” -Erma Bombeck I was sitting around at home one day last week and suddenly I got […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 4, 2025. “Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.” –Ambrose Bierce In what is perhaps the ultimate revenge against Iran and Hamas, we have been to 3 weddings over the last 6 days. We were invited to 2 more but didn’t attend, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 27, 2025. “When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.” -H. L. Mencken A few days ago, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 20, 2025. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. –Winston Churchill We have all been in awe over the last week as the Mossad keeps demonstrating how they are the preeminent and most daring intelligence agency in the world. While they […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 13, 2025. “It’s not all about talent. It’s about dependability, consistency, and being able to improve. If you work hard and you’re coachable, and you understand what you need to do, you can improve.” – Bill Belichick In the beginning of this week’s Torah portion Beha’alotcha, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 6, 2025. “Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.” -Golda Meir In this week’s Torah portion, Naso, we read about the Priestly Blessing. I am reminded by that […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 30th. “I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” -Ronald Reagan A few years ago, during some kind of school vacation, I was sitting in front of the TV and started channel […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 23, 2025. In a few days is Jerusalem Day, where we celebrate the reunification of Jerusalem. The highlight for me is the flag parade. While some see this parade as a display of extreme nationalism, I think it’s beautiful. Seeing tens of thousands of our youth […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 16, 2025. “Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Earlier this week I had a long discussion with a long-time […]
