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May 14, 2013
5:38 pm

A Ban on Bans

Shavous is the Chag of Matan Torah. The symbolism is plentiful - staying up all night learning Torah, decorating the home to resemble Har Sinai, eating......

May 9, 2013
3:31 am

The Day My Family Was Murdered

On this day, 69 years ago, my family was murdered. Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the third month of the lunar calendar, on the first day of the month, my mother, her......

April 26, 2013
5:54 pm

A High Commissioner of Stupidity

The United Nations is a repository of world leaders, a real estate so valued no Billionaire can afford to purchase, a richness of protocols that honorable English Lords or......

April 15, 2013
12:02 am

On this 65th Yom Hatzmaut, Much to be Thankful and Proud of.

Thousands of articles will be written about Israel worldwide. The breadth and depth from Israel's founding to the potential for energy independence through its natural......

April 7, 2013
4:38 pm

An Invisible Need, an Absent Gemach

Over the years, our community has become greatly enriched by the proliferation of a diversity of gemachs. Yet there is one gemach, and to the best of my knowledge not......

March 24, 2013
7:31 am

Martyrs and Mothers

There have been innumerable articles not fit to print by The New York Times in its ignominious 162 year history possibly none more than an obituary in their March......

March 20, 2013
2:29 pm

Tradition

Jerome Robbins Director of the world famous Broadway hit Fiddler On The Roof when asked what was the shows main story line he said - Tradition. Yes, it was......

March 5, 2013
11:16 pm

Nothing Shocking About The Nazis

For anyone to still profess shock at the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis is to me incomprehensible and to discover that the ones who are so shocked are seasoned......

March 1, 2013
4:06 pm

Gambling With Our Lives

Internet gambling is now legal in New Jersey. You can place your bet from home, in your car on your App, even the casino's hotel room mini bar is connected......

February 27, 2013
4:01 pm

Finishing The Job

There are a myriad of lessons to be learned from the story of Purim, misplaced compassion and the value of finishing a job among them. The Amalakites were the first......

February 22, 2013
7:02 am

Derek Jeter, The Anti-narcissist

If you could select any living athlete from any sport to be a member of your team whom would you choose irrespective of what business or service industry you......

February 19, 2013
8:44 am

When Heroes Fail Us

It's inevitable that heroes fail us. In a way it’s not even their fault. We make them our heroes even when all they wanted to do was to act normal, to......

February 15, 2013
8:33 am

A Transformational Speech, A Humbling Lesson

Russell L. Ackoff describes a Transformational Leader as one who can facilitate the formulation of an inspiring vision even if it is unattainable. Hinda Mizrahi gave such a transformational speech......

January 29, 2013
3:24 pm

The London Times Sewer

How is it that one million people the world over did not howl for the immediate resignation of London's Sunday Times' publisher and for summarily firing Gerald Scarfe the cartoonist......

January 24, 2013
5:13 pm

Naming A Decade

Have you ever wondered who is in charge of naming a generation. A classic example of absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Roaring 20's, The Depression, The War Years, The Psychedelic 60's, The Vietnam Era, The Decade......

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