Pini Dunner
ARTICLES BY: Pini Dunner
Don’t Use Humor as a Weapon, Then Claim You Were ‘Joking’
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit,” said Oscar Wilde, “but it is the highest form of intelligence.” Truthfully, categorizing sarcasm as the lowest form of...
The Mentorship of Moses
For all his flaws, Thomas Jefferson was one of the most accomplished political thinkers and leaders of the post-enlightenment era. Despite his youth -- he...
According to the Torah, Complaining Is Wrong
Benjamin Franklin said, “constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.” So true, but, as it turns out, complaining...
Are Human Beings Inherently Good?
This week, I debated radio show host and author Dennis Prager in what was dubbed “The Great Debate.” We engaged in a vigorous exchange of...
For Jews, the Torah Is Sustenance
I learned some interesting facts about deserts this week. The first fact is probably the most astounding one of all: did you know that deserts...
As the Bible Predicted, Only the Jews Could Make Israel Grow
Manhattan is one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world. It is also the nerve center of the world’s economy; the GDP...
A Message from the Front: We Must Aid Ukrainian Refugees Now
I have just spent the week in Poland with 25 rabbinic colleagues, traversing the country, and visiting various Jewish community centers that are taking care...
Parshat Emor: A Case of Mistaken Identity
In January 1961, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986) was approached with a strange and somewhat disturbing halakhic question. At the time, Rabbi Feinstein was renowned as...
Respecting Shabbat Is at the Core of Judaism
One of my most prominent early childhood memories involves the late Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin. It was the late afternoon of December 1st,...
Why Just Remembering the Past Is Not Enough
Late last year, someone sent me the link to an editorial piece published in the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s primary English-language media outlet. “For the sake...
Passover Can Lead Us to Experience Our Own Personal Redemption
For as long as there have been historians and archaeologists, ancient Egypt has been an object of fascinated study and research. During the earliest era...
No Need for an App
The modern age is saturated with technological gadgets and devices to alert us when things are not as they should be or if they need...
A Utah Adventure to Fill Our Los Angeles Mikvah With Snow
By any measure, my experiences over the past few days have been remarkable. For several years our community has been working on constructing a mikvah...
Forewarned Is Forearmed
The First World War, said President Woodrow Wilson, was going to be “a war to end all wars.” He was totally wrong — and, as it...
