As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 15, 2023. We are not makers of history. We are made by history. -Martin Luther King, Jr. So I am walking in the center of town in Jerusalem and I pass a bakery, and low and behold they have trays of Sufganiot for sale. I got […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 8th, 2023. But I ran out of places and friendly faces/ Because I had to be free/ I’ve been to paradise but I’ve never been to me – Charlene: “I’ve Never Been to Me” This week we read a double Torah portion of Nitzavim and Vayelech. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 1, 2023. The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. –Thomas Sowell For many children, this week marked the first […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 26, 2023. I would like to start off by issuing a clarification. I received a note from an alert reader regarding my column “Letter to Daughter Doing National Service Abroad” a few weeks ago. I spoke about how if the girls are doing national service abroad, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 19, 2023. Last week I wrote about my 31st Aliyaversary and gave some financial tips for Olim. With this week’s flight carrying 215 Olim, I’d like to continue the focus on financial aliyah. For the first time, I watched the live stream of the plane landing […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 11, 2023. In just a few days, I’ll celebrate 31 years of living in Israel! As I’ve mentioned many times, I came straight out of university and landed here with nothing other than a suitcase and some books. While it wasn’t easy at first and it […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 4, 2023. “I don’t want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, just make sure they’re your mistakes.” – Fiona Apple Dear PCK, Let me start by saying how proud both Imma […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 29, 2023. A well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. -Alexander Hamilton I’ve written about this previously, that Britain’s late chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, in his weekly article on the Torah portion, wrote about “The Courage to Admit Mistakes.” […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 22, 2023. Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor. – Virginia Postrel Postrel’s quote has a basis in this week’s […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 14, 2023. “If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke A few hours before I sat down to pen this column, we were sitting around the office and talking about how, […]
