As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 8, 2024. The day after the election of Donald Trump was full of euphoria on Wall Street. The stock market surged at the prospect of lower taxes, repealing onerous regulations and the prospect for strong economic growth. Leading the market charge higher was small-cap stocks. As […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 1, 2024. “We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.” -P. J. O’Rourke […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 12, 2024. “Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead, it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgment when, collectively and repeatedly, we confess our […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 27, 2024. “If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.” -Bertrand Russell This week we read a double Torah portion […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 20, 2024. “No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.” -James Earl Jones As you may have figured out by regularly reading this column, aside from liking to embarrass my children, I like to bring stories of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 13th, 2024. “We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.” Kevin Costner This […]
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 […]
