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, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 19, 2023. Last week I wrote about my 31st Aliyaversary and gave some financial tips for Olim. With this week’s flight carrying 215 Olim, I’d like to continue the focus on financial aliyah. For the first time, I watched the live stream of the plane landing […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 11, 2023. In just a few days, I’ll celebrate 31 years of living in Israel! As I’ve mentioned many times, I came straight out of university and landed here with nothing other than a suitcase and some books. While it wasn’t easy at first and it […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on August 4, 2023. “I don’t want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, just make sure they’re your mistakes.” – Fiona Apple Dear PCK, Let me start by saying how proud both Imma […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 29, 2023. A well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. -Alexander Hamilton I’ve written about this previously, that Britain’s late chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, in his weekly article on the Torah portion, wrote about “The Courage to Admit Mistakes.” […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 22, 2023. Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor. – Virginia Postrel Postrel’s quote has a basis in this week’s […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 14, 2023. “If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.” – Edmund Burke A few hours before I sat down to pen this column, we were sitting around the office and talking about how, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on July 8, 2023. In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the five daughters of Tzelofchad, who come to Moshe asking to be allowed to inherit their dead father’s portion in the Land of Israel to perpetuate his name. Moshe immediately brings their claim directly to G-d, […]
As originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post on June 30, 2023. You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, […]
