Brian Blum

Tel Aviv's R48 Hotel is a top luxury destination with its boutique design, personalized service, and high-end amenities.

I find myself ping-ponging, one moment wanting to stay on top of every nugget of news, the next fantasizing about disassociating from anything Jewish or Israeli.

Compared to Donald Trump – who rambled, demeaned, and lied – Kamala Harris was sharp, focused, and, ultimately, presidential.

On Rosh Hashanah, we acknowledge that we have little control over our fates and that black swan-inspired changes can happen when we least anticipate it.

Here are 30 reasons we moved to Israel – and why you should consider doing so, too…even now. Some of these reasons may be familiar; others, I hope, will be surprising, even personal.

If the tides continue to turn against us, we must internalize that no universalist from outside the community is coming to help us. What that looks like will differ according to each person.

DO I believe these newfangled AI tools will send the creative class to work at a local McDonald’s? No. That doesn’t mean the day won’t come when computers surpass human cognition.

We wondered whether we should cancel and reschedule our stay but decided on vacationing during the new normal of a Middle East at war.

Could AI simulations of the dead let us “chat” with Maimonides or Rashi? If the sages had access to the modern Internet, could they rule on contemporary issues?

“I’ve always found the Israeli-man-with-the-shaved-head look to be very sexy,” my wife, Jody, said.