In No Mood For Food // Why was my toddler...

Layla’s highchair tray was empty, but none of the food had made it into her mouth. There were blobs of sweet potato on the...

Gauging Billionaires // A conversation with Steve Forbes

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. (born July 18, 1947) is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Forbes. The business magazine is well known for its lists...

Aron Mordechai Lubelsky // Belsky Precast

The story of Aron Mordechai (Mordche) Lubelsky is sure to inspire many people to make more time for learning, even as they pursue success...

Will the US Fall Off the Cliff? // Politics and...

Last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the US had hit the debt ceiling and that the Treasury would have to start taking...

Turning Up the Heat // Gasbags rail about Stovegate

Vaccines, migrants and voter fraud allegations are slowly outliving their ability to fuel outrage and keep the population polarized.  Even high officials’ carelessness with...

From a Childhood Marked by ADHD to A Life of Education...

Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld is the rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Beis Dovid in Yerushalayim, the author of the popular Kashrus in the Kitchen and Pocket...

Chaim Weiss // Masterpiece Precast

Chaim Weiss’ story is simple and inspiring—okay, maybe not so simple. I met Chaim at the OJBA trade show, and we sat down for...

Did Old Computers Bring a Halt to All US Flights? //...

Was it a cyberattack? That’s the question that was repeatedly asked last Wednesday when the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered all flights to stop...

Fake News Roundup // Read all about Russia, the Agudah...

I’ve often thought that there should be a regular feature somewhere called “Fake News Roundup,” offering the most egregiously misleading news stories or public...

Secrets from the Chef // Baby Lamb Chops

6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 6 cloves garlic, minced, or 6 cubes frozen garlic ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 8 baby lamb chops   In a shallow dish,...

The Sound of Silence // The Benefits of Quiet Time

At the beginning of the hike and at certain points throughout, there was a lot of noise. One kid wanted a snack, and when...

The CEO Saving Marriages In Crisis // Mort Fertel

When I began my conversation with Mort (Mordechai) Fertel, I intended to discuss his company SudShare, the Uber of laundry that he started with...

He Escaped Auschwitz to Alert the World // The...

"After days of delay, weeks of obsessive preparation, months of watching the failed attempts of others and two years of seeing the depths to...

Biden at the Southern Border // What is the administration...

Immigration over the southern US border is a resource of unlimited political point scoring. It won’t help light the lightbulbs in your house, but...

Doomsday 2.0 // The sky, it seems, is still falling 

The renowned mathematician/physicist Lord Kelvin stated in 1895 that “heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” And Albert Einstein, in 1932, contended that “there is not the...

A Gut-Wrenching Tale // My son was clearly very...

It was Erev Yom Kippur. The chicken soup was bubbling merrily on the stove, perfect kreplach floating inside. My candlesticks were polished to a...

The Russian Intelligence Apparatus // Russia, Ukraine, Putin & Trump;...

Yuri Shvets is a former KGB agent who served as an undercover operative in Washington, DC, during the 1980s. He left the KGB and...

Izzy Waknin // GBC Facility Services

GBC Facility Services is a Toronto-based company founded by Izzy Waknin; it provides daily and weekly cleaning services for commercial clients. In its first...

Is Fusion About to Make Energy Free? // Hype and...

How could free energy change the world? Among all the forms of energy production, nuclear power is the one that generates the most fear per...

Booby Traps // And how to avoid them

“I’m a good listener” If someone tells me she’s a good listener, I wonder why she’s telling me. After all, if she’s really a good...