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Sep 20, 2018, 9:06 PM

Ari Fuld Is Why Trump Matters

As Yom Kippur fasts go, yesterday's wasn't unique. I prayed in the 6:10 a.m. minyan that finishes before noon, and rested for the extended break. That extra rest helps me complete the day on my feet, as I'm prone...

Aug 22, 2018, 11:13 PM

Yes, Humans Can Be Illegal

I didn't know Mollie Tibbetts, whose young, murdered body was found yesterday in an Iowa cornfield. Earlier this morning I took a few minutes to scroll through her Instagram feed. I was struck by how her posts reflected a...

Jul 20, 2018, 7:19 PM

When the Phone Rings

As a Hatzalah dispatcher, I'm trained to answer the phone whenever it rings, and it rings day or night, rain or shine, whenever someone in our coverage area here in Miami-Dade calls for help. I'm trained to answer any...

Jul 5, 2018, 11:57 PM

When Justices Play Politics, We All Lose

The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court has been hailed as a godsend by the right and bemoaned by the left. Two recent SCOTUS decisions issued within 24 hours of each other, Trump v Hawaii and...

Jun 20, 2018, 12:16 AM

Border Policy Is Not The Holocaust, and Trump is not Hitler

Early this morning while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I noted that two friends had posted diametrically opposing comments on the current debate regarding border security. Their posts appeared right next to each other, one on top of the...

May 31, 2018, 12:51 AM

In Defense of Tefillin

If by now you haven't seen the video circulating widely on social media of a woman, Pnina Peri, deriding a man who moments before had been approached by a Chabad emissary, Rabbi Meir Herzl, to don Tefillin, you either...

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About Me

Residing with his wife Ahuva in North Miami since 2013, Perry Dubinsky is an active member of his synagogue, led by the world renowned Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro. He is a Chai Lifeline volunteer, and is a member of the Chesed Shel Emes. He is a retired dispatcher for Hatzalah of Miami-Dade, and does daf yomi with Rabbi Eli Stefansky at MDY. His favorite aspect of South Florida living when not walking the family beagle Ramses are the visits he enjoys with his grandchildren.

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