As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on December 2, 2023. ‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield,” former US president Dwight D. Eisenhower once said. One night last week my beloved wife cooked up some sweet corn. It was unanimous that this was […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 25, 2023. 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 straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 17, 2023. “Beware how you trifle with your marvellous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.” -Henry Cabot Lodge In this week’s Torah portion, we learn about the relationship between Jacob […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 11, 2023. A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. – Aesop I know that for most of us, investing and personal finance seem far from our minds currently as we are dealing with a war. Many of us know someone […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on November 4, 2023. What started with surging inflation and higher interest rates, turned even worse with the war launched on Israel by Hamas. The once surging Israeli economy has stalled and it’s a cause for worry for many. I have held many conversations with friends and clients […]
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 […]
