Surprise! Another Side to the Story // Jumpy journalists could use summer school
I smiled and politely asked the lady wearing a large “I Hate Bibi” button, who was sitting in my row’s aisle seat on an El Al flight, if I could get to my window...
The Passing of a Tzaddik // Mourning the Rachmistrivka Rebbe, zt”l
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It is with deep pain that we are writing about the passing of a singular gaon and tzaddik, the Rachmastrivka Rebbe, zecher tzaddik v’kadosh livrachah. Anyone who ever had the privilege to get even...
Two Years Later… How Devastated Is Afghanistan?// The Taliban’s Rule and Misrule
“I said al-Qaeda wouldn’t be there. I said we’d get help from the Taliban. What’s happening now? What’s going on? Read your press. I was right.”
—President Joe Biden, speaking in June and defending his...
Bruce (Baruch Meir) Gurfein // Connect Group LLC
Bruce (Baruch Meir) Gurfein makes his home in Dubai and has established dozens of startups throughout his career, with many based in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
Bruce’s first exposure to the region was...
A Nazi’s Revealing Order // There are railcars and there are railcars
Tishah B’Av and the Yomim Nora’im—in 1942, that approximately 265,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest in German-occupied Europe, were transported to their deaths. An additional 35,000 were killed inside the ghetto.
The Jews...
The New York Times Exposed // An exclusive interview with journalist Emma-Jo Morris who...
When The New York Times recently ran a series of disparaging articles about New York’s Orthodox Jewish community and its yeshivah system, it seemed to have incredibly fortuitous timing, with the first article in...
Will the Peace Deal with the Saudis Ever Happen // Israel Waits for Washington’s...
“Saudis Agree with US on Path to Normalize Kingdom’s Ties with Israel”
—A headline from the Wall Street Journal last week, on an article claiming that the basic contours of a peace plan between Saudi...
Shmuel (Samuel) Moses // Sockrates Custom
A fun product makes for a serious business. When I first heard about Sockrates, Shmuel Moses’ custom socks business, I was intrigued. After learning how Shmuel built a seemingly niche business from scratch to...
A NOIsome Email // Farrakhanian Fabrications Abound
I always look forward to feedback on columns, whether the responses are positive or critical. The former keep me writing; the latter help me learn.
On occasion, though, a response is just…well…odious.
My column of two...
Indicted (Again) // The United States of America vs. Donald J. Trump
A convoy of black SUVs drive through the streets of a major American city and arrive at a courthouse. The former president of the United States gets out and enters the building to be...
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The Incredible Story of Chaim
On 14 Cheshvan last year, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, a little boy was born in Ziv Hospital, on a hilltop in the mystical...
