As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2023. “It’s also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I’ve been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That’s why we’re here, after all, to help others.” -Carol Burnett In this week’s Torah portion, we start reading the story of […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 20, 2023. “I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person’s life is the affect they have on others.” -Steve Nash While it may […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 13, 2023. “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” – Alexander Hamilton I know that my mandate in this column is to write about personal finance and investing, but in the current environment, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on October 6, 2023. “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy,” -Wayne Gretzky. In a few hours, we will finish Simhat Torah, meaning that the holiday season will be over. Now we try and take […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 29, 2023. “Only peril can bring the French together. One can’t impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.” -Charles de Gaulle I am all for standing up for what you believe is right. I also believe that […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 23, 2023. “There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 15, 2023. We are not makers of history. We are made by history. -Martin Luther King, Jr. So I am walking in the center of town in Jerusalem and I pass a bakery, and low and behold they have trays of Sufganiot for sale. I got […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 8th, 2023. But I ran out of places and friendly faces/ Because I had to be free/ I’ve been to paradise but I’ve never been to me – Charlene: “I’ve Never Been to Me” This week we read a double Torah portion of Nitzavim and Vayelech. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 1, 2023. The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. –Thomas Sowell For many children, this week marked the first […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 26, 2023. I would like to start off by issuing a clarification. I received a note from an alert reader regarding my column “Letter to Daughter Doing National Service Abroad” a few weeks ago. I spoke about how if the girls are doing national service abroad, […]
