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If there is one event that we attended in abundance in 2020, it has been funerals. Larger and more conventional ones early on in the year,...
It’s that time of the year when we are asked to consider the past 12 months, and then look towards the next. It’s never easy to...
Monday was International Tolerance Day. It was apparently borne in 1996, when the United Nations General Assembly invited UN member states to observe the day each...
My mother would have been 80 years old this week. Had she lived. It would have been a formidable occasion, which she most likely would have...
Sunday in Johannesburg was noteworthy for a number of reasons: the Jacarandas put on a display that was truly remarkable, a massive storm hit Gauteng, and...
I’m not sure if you’re aware of an amazing feature on the website Reddit. It’s called “TIL” shortened for “today I learned”. It has amazing mostly...
My parents were married for 55 years, and fought for most of them. And then, when my mother died three years ago, my father realised there...
If you haven’t been following what’s going on in Brooklyn, here’s a quick summary. It’s a mess. A real mess. And it’s supposedly about COVID 19...
Going to shul over Sukkot felt somewhat like gaining access to the business-class lounge. Aspiring entrants wait nervously in line for their documentation to be carefully...
One of the most important lessons that I learned as a commodity trader was that we aren’t nearly as smart as we think we are. Fifteen...
By Wednesday morning, South African media had failed to acknowledge the historic signing of a peace agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. Instead,...
Remember the time when we left Egypt because G-d saved us with all those plagues? Back then we weren’t much of a nation, but after leaving...
There is a part of me that feels that we should cancel Rosh Hashanah this year. Or at least postpone it for the time being. We...
It pains me to write this. It pained me to speak about it on my show, and even more so to discuss it with my family....
HOWARD FELDMAN Remaining silent has never been a talent of mine. From as early as I can remember, I was unable to just to “shut it”,...