As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on February 3, 2022. “Life is too short, and I’m Italian. I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.” Sophia Bush Finally waking up to what has been going on in the world for the last three or four months, Israelis took to […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 27, 2022. “Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?” – Thomas Sowell Hooray, it snowed in Jerusalem. After much anticipation and some false alarms, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 20, 2022. “I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” – Ronald Reagan This week we have the privilege of reading the 10 Commandments. At the beginning of the Torah portion, we […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 14, 2022. “Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you just answered ‘a house guest,’ you’re wrong because I […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on January 6, 2022. “Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.” -Henry Cabot Lodge As reported here we celebrated my son’s bar mitzvah 2 weeks ago. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 30, 2021. “When making decisions about people, stop confusing experience with evidence. Just as owning a car doesn’t make you an expert on engines, having a brain doesn’t mean you understand psychology.” Adam Grant This is a big birthday week in our family. First, my father […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 23, 2021. “Finance is not merely about making money. It’s about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labor. It’s about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society.” – Robert J. Shiller It’s been a roller-coaster ride, but all in all 2021 […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 16, 2021. “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” – Casey Stengel Next week, we will be celebrating our son, Yonatan’s bar mitzvah. It’s been a challenge trying to plan the Shabbat with COVID starting to rage once again, and being the end of December, not […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 9, 2021. Losing feels worse than winning feels good. –Vin Scully Earlier in the week, we had the joy of attending a parent-teacher/conference. We were sitting with the math teacher, who gave the familiar, “Your son is such a good boy, but…” when a message came […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 2, 2021. “Let me tell you, I’m not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin’ like a little simple sugar icing to get the blood pumping at 9 a.m.” – Chris Benz I think the trend to eat healthily has reached Hanukkah. […]
