“Today is the birthday of the world. It is also the end of shiva. Sept. 11 + 7.” That’s how Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El in Stamford, Connecticut, began his Rosh Hashanah sermon on Sept. 18, 2001 — 1 Tishrei 5762. When I’d left New York City for Stamford the day before, Grand Central […]
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“Who boycotted Jews? The Third Reich!” Ofir Akunis, Israel’s consul general in New York, was not being subtle. In a recent interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency at his office in Midtown East ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Akunis likened Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support for the Israel boycott movement to tactics used by Nazi Germany, called […]
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There’s nothing quite like returning to New York — a city that celebrates ambition, creativity, and connection at every corner. This visit was one of those rare trips that felt like a full circle moment: honoring milestones, reuniting with friends, celebrating creativity, and being reminded—again—why I fell in love with travel storytelling in the first […]
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