As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 2, 2023. “If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing” – flying ace Chuck Yeager. Once a week I have a Torah study session with my oldest daughter, where we […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 27, 2023. I’ve been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It’s very important to give back as a youth. It’s as simple as helping an old lady across the street or […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 20, 2023. I must start out by apologizing if this column is a bit disjointed. It’s incredibly hard to concentrate as I write this. The noise outside my office in the buildup to Jerusalem Day is deafening. My office is located just off Zion Square, and […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 13, 2023. “Rhinos are just fat unicorns. If we’d give them the time and attention they deserve, as well as a diet: They’d reveal their majestic ways.” Ashley Purdy This Saturday night nearly 200 million people around the world will be tuning in to watch the […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on May 6, 2023. I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it. -Lyndon B. Johnson Remember to close your windows Monday night. As I have written in […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 28, 2023. Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Oscar Wilde Earlier this week, one of the younger drivers in our family came home with a parking ticket. After telling me, the driver started giving an excuse as to why the car was parked […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 22, 2023. I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing “Happy Birthday.” – Steven Wright Time flies. Another Independence Day is upon us. For our family, 5 Iyar has special significance, as it’s the day 22 years ago that our oldest child […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 15, 2023. “It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J. K. Rowling Passover is now over, which means that for parents with children in the Jerusalem education system, the stress to find out where their children will […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on April 7th, 2023. Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not, ‘What happened?’ but rather, ‘How then shall I live?’ And it’s only with the exodus that the life of the […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on March 31, 2023. “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” John Milton In this week’s Torah Portion, we read about the ‘Thanksgiving offering’. “This is the law of the sacrifice […]
