As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 13, 2021. In this week’s Torah portion we read the famous verse, “Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue so that you will live and take possession of the land that Hashem, your G-d, gives you.” [Shoftim 16:20]. Many commentaries are bothered by the double usage of the […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 5, 2021. We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens We are about to enter the month of Elul, which means that Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 29, 2021. “People are so bad at driving cars that computers don’t have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the DMV, and look around, you’re like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on February 25, 2021. “I never had one day that I didn’t want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 15, 2021. “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” – HL Mencken It’s been a quite challenging couple of weeks for our family, as it appears the Delta variant set up shop in our home. First our 10-year-old, after being in quarantine for […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 8, 2021. “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it – but we must sail, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 1, 2021. “These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.” – Charles Barkley I […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 24, 2021. “You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 17, 2021. “My father never was and isn’t a mean man. You know, he never was ruthless. And he succeeded in life without sticking it to anybody. And that’s a great example for a man, a strong man, a man’s man, to give to his children. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 10, 2021. “The one thing that offends me most is when I walk past a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That’s approaching evil.” -Jeff Bezos We’ve received our various […]
