Pini Dunner
ARTICLES BY: Pini Dunner
The Exodus Offers a Warning for Our Bad Habits
The great Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), whose range of talents and career highlights remain as dazzling now as when he lived, was a man of exceptional...
True Power Comes from Admitting Our Mistakes, and Changing Course
My specialty is being right when other people are wrong!” These are the words of George Bernard Shaw (1857-1950) in his 1897 play "You Never Can...
How the Torah Can Help When You Experience a Setback
I just learned of the passing of journalist and author Paul Johnson, at the age of 94. He was an extraordinary man -- a master...
Reconsidering Israel’s Grandchild Clause
By anyone’s standards, the creation of the State of Israel is one of the most extraordinary events of modern history. Ahad Ha’am (1856-1927), a founding...
The Torah and Nietzsche: How Hard Times Can Make You Stronger
The 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), initiated a form of modern philosophy known as “existentialism,” which posits that human beings are each individually...
The Virtues of Difficulty
The nineteenth-century German philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), initiated a form of modern philosophy known as “existentialism,” which posits that human beings are each individually...
Being a Leader Means Caring for Others First
One of the most remarkable aspects of Sir Winston Churchill’s personality is so rarely discussed, that it is barely known -- even by Churchill aficionados....
The Responsibility of Silence: Israeli Politics and The Story of Rachel
The conversation about Israel in the Jewish community around the world has turned decidedly negative. With the election of the “most right-wing government in Israeli...
Battling the World’s Oldest Hatred
It’s been a busy couple of months for antisemitism. The most recent crisis began in early October, after Fox News aired Tucker Carlson’s interview with...
A Tribute to Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu of London
Over the past week, following the passing of my longtime rabbinic mentor, Rav Chanoch Ehrentreu, I have been overwhelmed by a cascade of memories. “The...
We Can’t Accept the Tyranny of Mediocrity
I have always been fascinated by the concept of the handicap in golf. For those of you who regularly roam the fairways, the handicap is...
Why Is Israel Always Held to a Different Standard?
On March 13, 2022, in the Ukrainian city of Irpin, 25 miles outside Kyiv, documentary filmmaker named Brent Renaud was shot and killed. He was...
Doublespeak at Its Worst
The end of this month will mark 75 years since the passage of UN Resolution 181 on November 29, 1947. This paved the way for...
Acts of Kindness
There are so many wonderful stories about random acts of kindness. Someone who helps you with your bags at an airport. The unknown person who...
