Douglas Altabef

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Mar 5, 2019, 5:29 PM

What Happened to Israel’s Sovereignty?

We have internalized the idea that individual nations are sovereign – independent, and in control of their respective countries. They protect their own borders, using soldiers who are part of an army of that sovereign power. All countries respect the...

Jun 28, 2015, 11:09 PM

Michael Oren’s new book has done Israel and America a great service

How many of the gratuitous attackers of Michael Oren’s new book, “Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide,” have actually read the book? My bet is very few. And I would wager that even fewer approached the book with...

May 19, 2015, 4:41 PM

Updating a Golden Oldie: Rubio and the Romantics, “Our Day will Come”

Those of us of a certain age (as well as our progeny who have a keen and astute ear for immortal, if somewhat shlocky music) have a perennial soft spot in our hearts for this Golden Oldie. But who would...

May 4, 2015, 5:30 PM

The Simple Reason to Favor No Deal over a Bad Deal

President Obama and his Administration regularly proclaim that the alternative to a deal with Iran concerning its nuclear facilities is war, and therefore there is a compelling merit to strike a deal (seemingly without much regard to its merit). I...

Mar 18, 2015, 2:49 PM

The Bibi-hating Media helped to Elect him

One of the many unattractive aspects of Left wing ideology is a willingness to substitute wishful thinking for analysis. Perhaps this is just another manifestation of a narcissistic view of life, the idea that if I really want something...

Feb 27, 2015, 9:00 AM

Its Beginning to Look a lot like Purim

Purim is coming! As the sages say, when Adar enters, joy increases. Forgive me for saying so, but it doesn’t feel like it. While I accept that this is a spiritual failing on my part, I say this because all I...

Feb 9, 2015, 9:42 PM

L’Ouest Suis Brian Williams

We seem to be in the season of truth is stranger than fiction news stories. Here in Israel we have the story that could not have been made up by stoned gag writers trying to craft a skit about an...

Feb 4, 2015, 8:00 PM

Only Obama could make me want Bibi

Let me get right to the punchline: I am voting for Bibi in the upcoming election. Now for the commentary: I am not a big Bibi fan. I used to be a bigger fan, but I have discovered that there...

Nov 27, 2014, 1:30 PM

Thanksgiving in Rosh Pina

When I came in for breakfast this morning, my wife Linda, with tears in her eyes, served me some extraordinarily good pancakes. “I remember my father had this Thanksgiving morning ritual of making us pancakes,” she said. “All week long...

Oct 22, 2014, 4:08 PM

Israel and the Logical Disconnect

As investment managers, my partners and I were frequently confronted with situations in which a stock that we owned was out of favor in the market. In many cases, there was a negative momentum to the stock price that belied...

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About Me

After a successful money management career in NYC, Doug Altabef made aliyah to Rosh Pina with his wife Linda and their youngest of four kids in 2009. As a money manager, Doug was a frequent guest commentator on Bloomberg TV, CNNfn TV as well as Wall Street Radio, which was syndicated out to dozens of radio stations throughout the US. Today he spends his time serving as Chairman of the Board of Im Tirtzu and a Director of the Israel Independence Fund, where he has been privileged to get some amazing insights into how people are making a difference here. Doug also has invested in several early stage Israeli companies and is a big believer in the Start Up Nation attractiveness of Israeli technology.