As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 10, 2025. Thursday marked the end of 11 months since the passing of my father, A”H. That means that while the mourning prohibitions are still in place, I have stopped saying the kaddish prayer. It’s a milestone filled with emotion-even for those accused of being generally […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 3, 2025. Last weekend our family had a heated discussion about whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable. One child was adamant that they are fruit, and others said that if they were fruit, why aren’t they grouped with fruit in the produce section of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 27, 2024. “Never spend your money before you have earned it.” -Thomas Jefferson As has become customary, I am going to repeat a theme that I write about every year and that’s how we should use Hanukah to teach children about responsible money habits. Rabbi YY […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 21, 2024. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson Each time one of our children hit the age of 15.5 we knew that the issue […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 12, 2024. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” -Milton Friedman We work our entire adult lives and save money in retirement plans just like we are told. We then retire and need to start drawing on these funds and sometimes we don’t exactly understand […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 7, 2024. “A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.” Winston Churchill After a year with stellar stock market gains, many clients […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 28, 2024. “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 22, 2024. “When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.” -Alexis de Tocqueville Earlier this week I went to get a haircut. My barber, (he’d prefer to be called a hairdresser but I’m not a hairdresser kind of guy), was talking […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 14, 2024. “Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.” -Malcolm Forbes In the week that we read about Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed by fire, one of the hotter topics in the personal finance community regards the merits of the FIRE movement. What is […]
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 […]
