Apr 21, 2020#16: Yom HaShoah 2020/2021: The What and the So WhatIntroduction Thank you for joining us tonight. This is actually my first time speaking publicly on Yom HaShoah, and I dedicate my remarks in loving memory of my parents. Let me share with you a story about resilience and finding meaning. My talk has two parts: first, the “What”-but also…Shoah9 min readShoah9 min read
May 28, 2019#15: A Tale of Two Memorial DaysMy wife and I enjoyed a fun Memorial Day picnic in New Jersey with our children and grandson. But on the flight home last night from EWR to TLV, I thought about that combination of words — “fun Memorial Day” — and about a cultural contrast, after 36 years here…Memorial Day3 min readMemorial Day3 min read
Apr 17, 2019#14: Newlywed WishesWelcome all! It is our honor to host this party for the newlyweds. I’m going to go out on a limb here and offer some free advice to the newlywed couple, knowing full well that most people are equally as willing for a dentist to be drilling than to ever…Marriage4 min readMarriage4 min read
Feb 7, 2019#13: Goodbye dear Mom[remarks at the funeral of my mother, Yolanda Rosenschein ז״ל, February 5, 2019] The pain of parting from your mother is intense even when she lived happily to 97. She was our last surviving family member of her generation. I want to honor her memory today and share with you…Holocaust9 min readHolocaust9 min read
Oct 11, 2017#12. 4th Re-Birth-Day4 years ago yesterday, on a business trip to NYC, I woke up and read this post. Michael Eisenberg, thank you! (You couldn’t know how your kindness encouraged me in a crisis.) 4 years ago today, I woke up with troubled breathing and chest pains, took two meetings, cancelled…1 min read1 min read
Jan 20, 2017#11. Begin and TrumpRivers of pixels have been spilt over fears of the new administration and America’s deep divisions. I’ll add a short personal story, going back 40 years today. My purpose is not to compare Prime Minister Begin’s and President Trump’s characters, but to focus on our own emotional reactions to them. Out of School …Begin4 min readBegin4 min read
Oct 11, 2016#10. 3rd Re-Birth-Day and Happy Yom Kippur!Stop. Breathe deep. Appreciate this day. — 36 months ago today I survived a successful quadruple bypass surgery. Operating time: 7.5 hours. Diane took an exceptionally long flight over the Atlantic from TLV-JFK and nursed me back to health. I want to share with you how happy I am to be here today and every day. I…New Year3 min readNew Year3 min read
Apr 5, 2016#9: Martin Rosenschein (1919–1991), My FatherDo you ever wonder how your children (or grandchildren) might remember you someday? Today is the quarter-century yahrzeit, the Hebrew anniversary of my father’s death, and I would like to tell you about him. Martin Rosenschein was born Meir Yisrael מאיר ישׂראל בן יהוֹשע ורבקה on March 13, 1919, five…Harrisburg8 min readHarrisburg8 min read
Mar 31, 2016#8: In Loving MemoryYesterday Diane commemorated the memory of her wonderful father, Aaron Glassman, who passed away 22 years ago (9 Adar, 5754). I had the privilege of getting to know him as my father-in-law. He was a gregarious and generous man, active in community causes and loving of his family, someone everyone…Memory Father Grandmother5 min readMemory Father Grandmother5 min read
Oct 11, 2015#7: My Happy 2nd Re-Birth-DayNow I don’t think that I talk too much about surviving my heart attack and emergency surgery, but Diane says I talk about it all the time, so you can guess who’s right. Two years ago today. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure that cloudy morning when…Denial4 min readDenial4 min read
