While there are many symbols that highlight Rosh Hashana for me it’s all about honey cake. Yes, I like honey cake but in my family, the problem is that I am the only one. Everyone else thinks it’s “gross”. Well if any family members are reading this, how about throwing me a bone this year […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 20th, 2019. Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who’s looking back at you. And you can only do that if you’re being honest with yourself and being a person of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 12th, 2019. 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 to a […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 6th, 2019. So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective. -Steve […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 30th, 2019. I don’t even think about a retirement program because I’m working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even though the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world. George Foreman For more than a decade I have […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 23rd, 2019. In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, ‘Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.‘ -Howard Schultz Some of my Seattle friends are going to be upset at my choice […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 16th, 2019. While the middle of August means that Ben-Gurion airport is running at full capacity with Israeli’s taking advantage of cheap vacation deals abroad, it also means that there is some very special inbound traffic arriving as well. It’s the pinnacle of North American Aliyah, symbolized by […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 8th, 2019. Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. Hunter S. Thompson A few days ago, I was Whatsapping back and forth with my brother about the prospects of a few stocks and I had […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 1st, 2019. Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 26th, 2019. I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. –Mia Hamm A few weeks ago I mentioned a former baseball coach of mine that liked […]
