In Memory of my Beloved Grandmother Elga bat Chana, my First and Best Friend
The story of the first 33 and a half years of my life is the story of my grandmother, Elga Abramovna Divinsky. She was my first and best friend. The…
Top 5 Tips for Keeping a Job
After months of searching, you’ve finally been hired for that “dream” job. Now, the only thing left to do is actually keep it for an extended period of time. A…
על מחרימינו.
כשרועמים התותחים, “המוזות” לא נחות. להן פי מאה החצים, פי אלף קורבנות. עוצמת קשתו של קופידון – קלע עלוב נגדן. לא אהבה תוליד המון עם צמא לחורבן. להן יש שם,…
Liberal Jews: More Dangerous than Other Enemies
There’s a long list of problems facing Israel right now. By far the two biggest are Iran and the “Palestinians.” While both emanate from the outside, neither would apply were…
Top 5 Things I miss about Chicago/Top 10 I Enjoy in Israel
I guess the title sums it up pretty well, so without further ado, here are my 5 favorite things about my hometown of Chicago where I grew up, and my…
Ehud Barak: More than “Just” a “Chatterbox”
Last Friday, Channel 2 News aired parts of a candid interview Ilan Kfir and Danny Dor conducted with former Defense Secretary Ehud Barak as part of a biographical series about his…
Out of Work? Here’s Some Practical Advice for Dealing with Long Stretches of Unemployment
Jobs aren’t always easy to come by and even harder to hold on to in today’s hyper-competitive work force. I know it–and you probably know it too. While I’m fluent…
Modern Psychology/Psychiatry: Stealing Your Money in Broad Daylight
What prompted me to pen an article with such a seemingly-absurd title? Well, based on my own life experience and trends I’ve begun noticing lately, I’m convinced there is absolutely…
Top 5 Dos and Don’ts of Facebook Etiquette
I’ve been using Facebook since 2005. While over the initial seven-eight years of being hooked on the Father/Son/Holy Spirit combo of Social Media, I gathered no more than 700 Friends, I’m currently at 1,308.
A GPS Enabled Watch Safeguards Young Children
Any parent knows the fear of a young child wandering off and getting lost, which can happen in a split second. Forever etched in my memory is the panic I…
Watch Out For Exploding Stars!
Since then, new research in Israel has been developed that can alert us to the next time an interstellar catastrophe is in the making. This research, conducted by Eran Ofek and his staff from the Weizmann Institute of Science, uncovered a little known secret about our universe.
Conviction and National Self Worth On the Beaches of Yam Suf (or the lack thereof)
Look carefully at the following image: …
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (ZT”L) Leaves Behind Mixed Legacy
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (Z”TL), the late spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardic community, passed away yesterday at the age of 93.
Guarding Your Eyes: The Key to Happiness
I’ve been asked on more than one occasion: What’s the key to happiness? I think that more than any other factor, the key to my own happiness is guarding my eyes: preventing myself from looking at things I shouldn’t be looking at both online, on t.v. and in the world at large.
A Post-Kippur Post: The Power to Ask for Forgiveness and to Forgive
Asking for forgiveness represents our ability to tune into our natural instincts. The G-dly side within us appears, and raises us beyond our own nature
Hosting the Havel Havelim Blog Carnival for the 1st time While Vacationing in Chicago aka the Galut
It certainly looks like while I’ve been away visiting my parents, grandparents, and friends in Chicago, your typical, run-o-the-yard Mil’ East tyrant unleashed a chemical attack on those pesky rebels that just keep on coming back no matter how many virgins up above Hezbollah has amassed under its TNT-packed belt. What I’m actually trying to say is that it’s time, oh yes, it’s time…for yet another Havel Havelim Blog Carnival and this one isn’t to be missed!
An Interview with former Soviet Space Program Physicist/Jewish Hero, Igal Gurvich
This past April 15th, when my parents were visiting in Israel, my father and I had a unique opportunity to attend a Yom Ha’atzmaut picnic organized by a group of former refusniks (Jews who spent many years trying to leave the Soviet Union). We were invited because my father had studied Hebrew under the tutelage of Arye Volvovsky (of Efrat) who ended up spending three years in a Soviet prison for his “anti-government” activities.
Rosh Chodesh Elul: Time to Make Ammends
I woke up today with that sinking feeling: I remembered that day when I was living in Skokie and attending junior high school. Those were some of the happiest days…