Posts Tagged: Pini Dunner
How Dangerous Times Can Help Us Lead Better Lives
On May 10, 1940, the Nazis invaded Holland. Just four days later, the Dutch army surrendered, and three days after that, the entire country was...
Workaholics and the Torah
Psychiatrists and psychologists have debated for decades whether or not "workaholism" is a mental illness -- or to put it more simply, whether being a workaholic...
Leaders Are Born, But They Also Need Help
Over the past couple of decades, leadership training has ballooned into a multi-billion dollar industry. A Google search for “leadership training courses” elicits 373 million...
Passover, Judaism and Bernie Sanders
Abba Eban once said that “if Algeria introduced a UN resolution declaring the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by...
The UN Is an Enemy in Sheep’s Clothing
Last Friday, the UN Commission on the Status of Women voted on a resolution blaming “Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women...
Using the Story of Purim to Judge the Presidential Candidates
Thousands of words have been written about this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in publications across the world. It seems that everyone wanted to weigh in...
Memory and the True Message of the Book of Esther
One of the most frightening aspects of old age is the potential onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Active, successful people slowly descend into a...
Donald Trump and This Week’s Torah Portion
There was a very weird exchange on CNN this week during an interview with Donald Trump. I have watched the clip several times just to...
Why Israelis and Jews Must Always Fight for the Truth
This week I read an article about a woman named Jasbir Puar who is an associate professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at...
True Religion Is Caring Deeply for All Human Beings
Earlier today, I read a report about a "Pro-Life Congress" last week in Santa Ana. Before I delve into what caught my eye about the...
Water as a Metaphor for a Life of Torah
Water has been in the news a lot this week. In Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder used his State of the State address to apologize to...
We Must Open Our Eyes to the Exodus From Egypt — and the World Around Us
Last Sunday, a whole group of us from Beverly Hills Synagogue went to visit the Broad Museum, a new Modern Art installation in downtown LA....
Why Excluding Books Can Help Preserve Jewish Identity
I have not read Dorit Rabiniyan’s book Borderlife -- and I’m pretty sure I never will. I mention it only because last week it was excluded...
Moses and Lessons for the US Presidential Election
As we enter 2016, our attention is constantly distracted by the US presidential elections that are eleven months away. In most countries, election campaigns last a...
