Ceasefire or Mirage?
“Fifty-nine countries are part of this. We’ve never seen anything like this. Now it’s all happening.”
—President Trump, speaking to CNN last week about the...
Tuli Guttman // Guttman’s Production & Event Planning
I must admit that speaking to Tuli Guttman was one of the most memorable Lunchbreak conversations I have had in a while, for two...
Hamas Redux // Amid the euphoria…concerns
It took mere minutes—quite literally—after the Gaza ceasefire agreement was signed, on October 10, for armed Hamas members to reassert control in Gaza City.
Amid...
Nazi’s, Swiss Banks, & the Jewish Money That Vanished
This story reads like a modern-day super-thriller, replete with treasure maps, secret agents, intrigue, acts of deception and counter-deception, and lots of really bad...
A Front Row Seat to History
It was the morning of Shemini Atzeres, October 9, 1982.
For the Jews of the ancient Ghetto of Rome it was an ordinary Yom Tov...
From Under Siege to the Comeback
When I first sat down with Eric Trump in May of 2023 at Trump Tower, the Trump family was, by every measure, under siege.
Former...
From Bricks to Brachos
As is the cherished custom of many in the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, I made the journey to Kiryas Yoel to visit...
The Chinuch of a Gadol
Rav Chaim Peretz Berman, Rosh Yeshivas Ponevezh, remembers his illustrious father, Rav Shlomke Berman, zt”l
It is an unusually chilly and windy night for Bnei...
Dr. Abish Mendel // RiverBrook Hospitality
After sitting down with Reb (the “Dr.” part you’ll have to read on to find out about) Abish Mendel for several hours, I felt...
“Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!” // Sometimes a folktale can be something more
Back in the day, when I was a mesivta rebbi, there were times when a piece of chalk I was using to write on...


















