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Jan 9, 2020, 5:49 PM

They Are My Jew

Jewish people around the world recently finished lighting the candles on their Hanukkah menorahs. Unfortunately, this year, the light has not stopped the darkness of more violent anti-Semitic attacks from occurring in the New York area. Like the previous attacks, these have been met with...

Jan 5, 2018, 10:10 PM

I’m with her: Why Nikki Haley may be the first female president

While the Democratic Party continues to be in disarray after the disastrous defeat of its presumptive first woman president, Hillary Clinton, the Republicans are enjoying the spoils of their historic victory. The Republicans currently control 34 governorships and just passed a key landmark tax legislation...

Dec 14, 2017, 9:25 AM

Effect of the New Tax Bill on the Tri-State Area Real Estate Market

The new tax bill is going to have a dramatic effect on real estate values in the Tri-State area. Below I set forth what I think the major results of this bill will be once it is enacted. Renting v. Owning Due to the loss...

Dec 6, 2017, 5:59 AM

The Effects of the New US Tax Bill on Real Estate

The new tax bill that has recently passed the House and Senate in two slightly different but similar version will have an effect on the real estate markets in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. In the first part of this two part email, I...

Nov 9, 2017, 9:11 PM

I am anti-mass murder. Are you?

Over the past two weeks, we have had two more mass killings. Last weekend we had one in Texas, where 26 people in a church were killed. The week before we had one in Manhattan, where eight people walking on a city street were killed...

Aug 25, 2017, 1:41 AM

What the Jews can learn from African Americans

In the movie “Casablanca,” Captain Renault (falsely) claimed to be “shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here,” though he allowed it to flourish under his watch for years. Likewise, after Charlottesville, the majority of the mainstream Jewish community seems to be...

Jul 27, 2017, 11:33 PM

Does Haaretz’s position strengthen BDS?

Yes Recently, the French president, Emanuel Macron, said, “we will not surrender to anti-Zionism because it is a re-invention of anti-Semitism.” In a series of tweets Asaf Ronel, the world news editor of an Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, said something very different. He declared that he...

Apr 7, 2017, 12:22 AM

Passover and the Jewish people — a time to connect and reflect on hard truths

The upcoming holiday of Passover is the most celebrated of all the Jewish holidays. It is the time of year that Jewish people ranging from the unaffiliated to the most observant gather with their families to tell the story of our exodus from Egypt. At...

Feb 16, 2017, 5:54 PM

Cry, the Beloved Country

We should all be ashamed and embarrassed. We all should be very ashamed and very embarrassed by our part in the political climate, rhetoric, and lack of civility in the United States. We have reached a point where only lip service is paid to diversity,...

Dec 16, 2016, 5:43 AM

Six more things not to do if you want your children to have a Jewish identity

Last October, I wrote a satirical op-ed about things Jewish parents should not do if they wanted their children to have a strong Jewish connection. I did get a few complaints about the negative tone, which was done specifically to be provocative, but also I...

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About Me

Dan Shlufman is a mortgage banker at Classic Mortgage and a practicing real estate attorney in NY. He lives in Tenafly with his wife Sari and two children ages 16 and 10.Dan is on the Board of the Jewish Federation of NNJ; a member of Cohort 4 of the Berrie Fellows and an officer of his Temple’s Men’s Club. Dan is an avid networker; a long suffering Jets' season ticket holder and a recreational tennis player and skier.