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. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 25, 2021. “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 18, 2021. “If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.” – Donald Rumsfeld Earlier this week I was privileged to attend the dedication of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s new building. The building is stunning. A big congrats to co-founder and executive […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 11, 2021. “Thank you, dear God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 4, 2021. “It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.” – Thomas Sowell For the first time in many years, inflation has reared its ugly head. This time it appears […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 28, 2021. “We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.” – Theodore Bikel I like to refer to it as being consistent and dependable, but others would argue that I am not […]
