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The old World’s Fair grounds at Flushing Meadows Corona Park stands as one of the greatest homages to unity and universal imagination, so much so...
I must have received 100 emails, phone calls, WhatsApps, and even handwritten notes (yes, I have some very old friends) from people asking me to...
I have read statistics about the negative effects that social media is having on our population, especially the young generation, and we need to...
This year will be the 75th anniversary of the State of Israel. It should be a joyous occasion. Soon it will be Passover. Unfortunately, it appears...
Most people would agree that the current banking crisis is very complicated. But there’s one aspect of it that’s especially confusing: the very...
I was going to skip writing a column this week. I like to write about upbeat topics, but there is so much negativity in the air due to the rift...
I’m torn. I’m not a big fan of nepotism, known in Israel as protectzia. I think that people should be treated fairly and given the same...
Purim is behind us. The eating, dancing, and partying are now hopefully pleasant memories (Notice that I didn’t mention the drinking, which may have left...
The power of t’shuvah is great. Sometimes, all it needs is a little nudge from the right source. The story is told of a Yerushalmi Torah scholar from...
In the early part of the 20th century, a young girl stood near her father on the dock of a Polish harbor, a steamer trunk at her feet. Out of her...
The early 1950s was an especially terrible time for Jews in the Soviet Union, a period filled with terror and dread. With a maniacal tyrant leading...
