Joseph Aaron

It’s important to always be a mensch. Even when it comes to emails. My greatest fear about the Trump and Bibi regimes is how their behavior is eroding civility in my two favorite countries. When…

We really could use a lot more nachas right now. And we really could do with a lot less shandah right now. The new Jewish year 5779 is in sight as, thank G-d, the Jewish…

Sometimes, I find myself fantasizing about being a right winger. Sometimes, I wish I could just be totally convinced that I am right about everything, that there are no shades of gray, only black and…

If there was still any doubt that Vladimir Putin has something on Donald Trump, the summit in Helsinki should have put a definite end to that. There is simply no other way to explain how…

Out of the mouths of Jewish babes. So I’m in Jerusalem and I’m sitting waiting for someone, when a little Orthodox kid comes and sits down next to me. We start chatting and in an…

Since talk of the Supreme Court is much in the air, just thought I’d mention that if President Obama’s nominee had been allowed to have a fair hearing, an up or down vote, as the…

I’m feeling a little giddy. Yes, Trump is still president and is likely to be for two more years for almost sure, and I have this gnawing feeling it might be for another six. And…

The Holocaust analogies have been flying fast and furious. Thanks to the disgusting, inhumane policy of the Trump administration to fight illegal immigration by separating parents from children, putting many of those children in actual…

Sometimes, G-d sends us subtle messages, sometimes He hits us right on the head, right between the eyes. One can only hope we are starting to get the message after the jarring events of the…