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Apr 18, 2023, 3:20 PM

Living Better If Politicians Get Out Of The Way

Israel and America appear haunted by a sense of despair. The nations seem locked in domestic and international political battles; gun violence in America and exacerbated by tensions between the ultra-religious and open society proponents in Israel are leading headlines....

Mar 8, 2023, 9:02 AM

Never Mistaken for an Israeli

Dr. Harold Goldmeier is a teacher, business Consultant, public speaker, and financial writer who taught at Harvard and now lives in Beit Shemesh. He is a free public speaker for community groups, manages an investment company, and consults and...

Feb 8, 2023, 7:41 PM

Minister Chikli: Raise Money for Jewish Day Schools

Jewish community leaders obsess over the rampant assimilation of Diaspora Jews. Assimilation is not just about breaking free of the straitjacket rules of Judaism like keeping the Sabbath, kosher, and marching in Israel Day parades. It manifests as the...

Dec 26, 2022, 1:22 PM

Israel’s Defense Industry for Sale

ISRAEL’S DEFENSE AND WEAPONS INDUSTRY ENSURES SURVIVAL Dr. Harold Goldmeier is a business consultant and co-manages a small investment firm. He worked for US governors and taught at Harvard and in Tel Aviv. Capitalism came early to Israel’s strategic defense and...

Nov 6, 2022, 7:24 PM

Israel-Palestine Conflict Is a Civil War: Act Like It

We made aliyah a decade ago. I am still asked, “What’s different from the United States?” No News Is Good News For one thing, the news is different. Rarely does US media report from Israel. There is too little interest. US...

Sep 15, 2022, 5:26 PM

When Jews Took Nothing Lying Down

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BY PROTECTING JEWS, AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY THRIVED Waking Just in Time There was a time in America when Jews hit back at anti-Semites. Jews hit them with bats and boards, shovels, and fists. The media today shows Jews taking it, a rabbi...

Jun 15, 2022, 11:59 AM

80 Millions Refugees Roam the World

80 million refugees roam the world today. We view all of them through a political lens, and the language used to label runaways reveals our biases and defines their treatment. There are 5 million (good) refugees from Ukraine. (Bad) illegals...

Feb 27, 2022, 12:13 PM

My Son’s Suicide

We got the call in the dark of night. Our son committed suicide. His brother found the body after several days. My body trembled. I screamed a horrific sound, then calmed and said Baruch Dyan Emmes – Blessed and True...

Dec 19, 2021, 4:15 PM

The Butterfly Effect and crossing Israel’s borders

No More Border Mentality The butterfly teaches us how the world is changing. Their language might save our planet. We have to appreciate their importance to the human food chain. Military security is no longer bound to physical borders or magic...

Oct 12, 2021, 11:25 PM

Lessons for Israel from American Business History

Dr. Harold Goldmeier manages an investment company and writes for financial companies about business, social, and political issues. He was a Research & Teaching Fellow at Harvard. Dr. Goldmeier is a free public speaker for community groups and consults...

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Dr. Harold Goldmeier is an award-winning entrepreneur receiving the Governor's Award (Illinois) for family investment programs in the workplace from the Commission on the Status of Women. He was a Research and Teaching Fellow at Harvard, worked for four Governors, and recently sold his business in Chicago. Harold is a Managing Partner of an investment firm, a business management consultant, a public speaker on business, social, and public policy issues, and taught international university students in Tel Aviv.

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