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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

My Very Good, Really Wonderful Week

Overcoming one’s ego is more pleasurable than conquering almost any other bad middah

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Monday, April 03, 2023

Brotherly Strife — and Its Price

The dangers of disunity to the fate of the Jewish People, and the power of unity

Magazine Feature

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Twists, Turns, and Truth

The Sklare Family saga inverted the Jewish American dream

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

My Debt to Marshall Sklare

Why my wife and I decided to extend our honeymoon by another 44 years

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Disquietude in the Holy Land

As I chronicled the decline and fall of the United States, however, I was always buoyed by the thought that at least the Jews have a haven to which they can flee: Israel

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

A Lot to Laugh About

I’m somewhat of a collector of stories of astounding second chapters that no one could have possibly anticipated

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Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Thinking Out of the Box

In all that she did, Debbie Markowitz embodied the quality of “thinking out of the box” 

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Kadi Justice

“Kadi justice” — a Middle Eastern sheikh sitting under a palm tree dispensing justice according to his whims of the moment

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A Question of Modesty

“In a democracy, according to Barak, courts are placed above the government”

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Getting Judicial Reform Done

The current Israeli legal system is almost entirely the creation of one man, Aharon Barak

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Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Footnote to Tragedy

Another drama unfolded in Neve Yaakov, almost simultaneously with the terrorist attack