Category Archives: Friends

FoolishBlog notes a billionaire who flies his sons’ basketball teams around the country in luxury airplanes, puts them up in fancy hotels, and bankrolls a large staff for the team. Far be it from me to comment on any long-lasting (not to speak of eternal) value in this. But it does spark an idea in… Read More »

This morning Philip Berg collapsed in his home and died. He is survived by his wife Martha and his five children, ages 7 years to 5 months. Philip impacted thousands (or tens of thousands) of people through his work at the Institute of Holy Land Studies (now Jerusalem University College) and Shevet Achim, where he… Read More »