Eli Weiss // Joy Construction

When people speak about the “American Dream,” stories like Eli Weiss’ are precisely what they have in mind. A first-generation American, Eli is now the principal at Joy Construction Corp, a full-service general contracting...

Lapse… or Relapse? // Vexing signs visible at the Vatican

The quest to “defeat…the spirit of evil that foments war, because it is murderous from the beginning and a liar and the father of lies” might seem to be a nice, if strangely worded,...

Terror in Melbourne // Jewish resolve unshaken after an arson attack on the city’s...

The Australian Jewish community was shocked by a brazen arson attack on the country’s most active Orthodox shul, Adass Yisrael, early Friday morning, an assault later termed a terrorist act by the authorities. The...

Terror in Melbourne // The view from Sydney

aking up last Friday morning to the news that a shul in Melbourne had been firebombed felt like waking up to bushfires raging out of control in the middle of the summer—terrifying, but sadly,...

Eli Basch // Founder & Creative Director, day3

Several months ago, I had the opportunity to speak to Eli Basch, founder of day3, as part of a business panel featured here in Ami. Eli and his company plan, design, strategize and develop...

Pro-Choice // A new crack may be opening in an imaginary wall

It wasn’t very long ago that the idea of government funds helping parents who choose private religious schools for their children was anathema. It was widely assumed that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which forbids...

The Parnasah Struggle // Business insights on how a Jewish family can make ends...

Lakewood resident Eli Fried is the founder of Leatherback Investments, a boutique investment advisory firm. He is also the founder of Geltguide.com, which provides financial information, tools and resources for the frum community. As...

Eichman’s Executioner // Shalom Nagar had the job of bringing justice to one of...

"I was involved in the great mitzvah of wiping out Amalek.” Not many people can say that. One of the few was Shalom Nagar, the Israeli prison guard who executed Nazi war criminal Adolf...

David Weingot // DMAC Security, Palm X Holdings

If you want to talk security, David Wein­got is your man. Though he started with only a handful of employees, David now has an empire of security-related businesses that he runs with his wife,...

Scandal with CAIR // A baddie throws a boomerang

On Friday, November 22, the “30th anniversary gala” of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), took place in Washington, DC, at which it celebrated “the American Muslim community’s political power and impact on the...