Vanilla Flotilla // Egotism springs eternal
The hostages are freed.
No, not those hostages, unfortunately. Rather, the intrepid seafarers of the “Freedom Flotilla,” the smile-for-the-cameras attempt to deliver some token aid to Gaza. The last of the captured gangplank gang have...
Being There // Rabbi Sruli Fried talks about how to “be there” for others...
In my 25 years of dealing with all kinds of trauma,” begins Rabbi Yisrael Fried, “I’ve never encountered anything like the recent car accident that took the lives of three bachurim in Lakewood.”
He quickly...
Musk vs. Trump
They couldn’t have been more different, but for nearly a year they were inseparable. Now the friendship is dead, and the world is watching the fallout. Both sides are bleeding, but this is the...
Shloime (Sol) Friedman // QUE Fence
I met Shloime (Sol) Friedman, founder of Que Fencing, at the OJBA show a couple of months ago. After talking with him for a little while, I asked him to share his full story...
Inhumanitarianism
Many a Jewish educational institution or organization will readily tell you that fundraising is an uphill slog.
But it’s smooth sailing if you’re an anti-Jewish terrorist entity like Hamas, which, without official fundraisers, receives largesse...
Battles in the Briefing Room
Ever since I was appointed Ami’s senior White House correspondent, Washington, DC, has become like a second home to me. Walking the halls of power is a privilege I never take for granted; I...
“Here Are Your Jews”
As I descend the stairs from my plane, I am greeted by a gentle late-afternoon breeze as it cools down the day. I have just arrived on the Greek island of Zakynthos in the...
From Passion to Impact
The worlds of nonprofit and business have more in common than people think. Both can learn a lot from the way the other grows its organizations.
There are hundreds of thousands of nonprofits, and only...
A Most Unusual Memorial // A tribute to a giant stands in my backyard
Had you been spying on my backyard on a Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago, you would have seen an unusual sight: me, wearing a hardhat, safety goggles and work gloves, wielding a chainsaw,...
Biden’s Cancer Battle
Michael Zelefsky is a renowned expert in prostate cancer treatment, with nearly 35 years of experience in radiation oncology. He spent over three decades heading the prostate radiotherapy program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer...





















