As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 24, 2024. Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved. –Herbert Hoover I’ll start with a public service announcement: Remember to shut all windows on Saturday and Sunday nights as it’s Lag B’omer which means lots of smokey bonfires. While I usually […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 17, 2024. In this week’s Torah portion, Emor, we read about who the kohanim (members of the priestly line) are prohibited to marry. There is one difference between regular kohanim and the kohen gadol (high priest). While regular priests are permitted to marry a widow, it […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 9, 2024. “There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.” – Calvin Coolidge Independence Day is next week, and according to all indications, it will be a much lower-key celebration than we have had in […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 3, 2024. “Influential people are never satisfied with the status quo. They’re the ones who constantly ask, ‘What if?’ and ‘Why not?’ They’re not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, and they don’t disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 26, 2024. “I don’t ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 19, 2024. “True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt We are just hours away from the Pessach Seder, drinking 4 cups of wine, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 12, 2024. “Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” -Alexis de Tocqueville Keep delaying. The cleaning can wait. You still have a bit more than a week until showtime! That is what we keep telling ourselves […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 5, 2024. “You don’t really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.” Theodore Bikel A few weeks ago, I was speaking with an elderly widower in Europe regarding issues of estate planning. He told me that […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 29, 2024. Well-a, beat the drum and hold the phone, The sun came out today. We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field. A-roundin’ third, and headed for home, It’s a brown-eyed handsome man, Anyone can understand the way I feel. Ooohh — Put me […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 23, 2024. “I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition. […]
