Josh Fine, at The Blogs

Sep 26, 2024, 12:30 PM

The New York Times likes Iran and its proxies – um, what?

Armed Yemeni men step over a US and an Israeli flag painted on the asphalt in the Houthi-run capital Sanaa, during a march in support of the Palestinians, on February 29, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

That's the most recent reason I can't regard the paper previously of record as a serious news source

May 20, 2024, 7:26 AM

Yom HaAtzma’ut (Independence Day) and Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) were last week, but it feels like ages ago. Such is time during war. Each day feels like an eternity as we worriedly check news from the front and continue...

May 1, 2024, 1:12 AM

Safe Spaces in Dangerous Places

Last night as I put away our Passover dishes and enjoyed some hot, freshly baked pita, I reflected on another holiday that has come and gone while our country is gripped with war. As days turn to months and...

Jan 15, 2024, 12:18 AM

One Hundred Days of Hell

Along with about 120,000 of my fellow Israelis, I gathered last night in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to mark “one hundred days of hell,” as the posters proclaimed. A word about Kikar HaChatufim, or Hostages Square – it sprung...

Jan 1, 2024, 3:33 PM

Why This Time It’s Different

Christmas Day in Israel is a regular workday. But December 25, 2023, was far from ordinary for me. I joined a business delegation to communities adjacent to Gaza that were devastated by the massacres 80 days earlier. I didn’t...

About Me

Josh Fine develops cabin resorts in mountain and rural areas of the United States. He made aliyah in 2019 from Denver, Colorado. Josh lives in Raanana with his wife and three children. His oldest child currently serves in the IDF. Josh graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School and was the president of a Denver-based real estate development company before moving with his family to Israel.