The Jewish Secret to Financial Freedom
If matza is “the poor man’s bread” why does it represent ultimate freedom?
Orthodox Jewish All Star, Barry Simon, Mathematician, Winner of Poincare Prize
“Science doesn’t give answers, it ask questions. And it’s certainly not all questions and not all things are answered.”
Why Matza Is Actually The Bread of Pleasure
I’ve been known to eat cookies in bed even though mothers tell you not to. Such a yummy food in such a cozy place is almost the perfect combination were it not for those tiny crumbs that irritate the skin more than they ought to. This time of year (before Passover) crumbs irritate the soul […]
Rabbi With ALS’s Message of Hope & Other Orthodox Jews in the News
An Arab Comes Home to His Judaism This is the story of a man born in Kuwait to a Palestinian-Muslim family and who today lives as an observant Jew in Jerusalem. It is a story of slavery, of exodus and of personal redemption. Rabbi Diagnosed With ALS Shares Message of Hope Despite Struggles In a […]
The Time I Spent Passover In War-Torn Iraq
The year was 2011, and I was an active duty medic for the United States Army deployed in Iraq. Being Jewish in the military was interesting at the best of times, and in the worst of times – while in an active war zone – it was exceedingly complicated. Keeping kosher in the military is […]
Senator Lieberman On Life After The Senate And His New Book On Shavuos
In 2013, I was privileged to meet and film an interview with Senator Joe Lieberman in Senate as part of our first class of Orthodox Jewish All Stars. We recently got a chance to sit down again and chat about what he’s been up to since he left government (a lot!) and his new book “With […]
