It seems so surreal. I have been watching the news that has been coming out of Mumbai, India in virtual horror. Any terror attack targeting innocent people is nothing short of evil. However, this attack has been especially troubling for more reasons than one. We have become accustomed to terror…
Obama Should Keep his Blackberry
It was reported that the security services in the United States have asked Barack Obama to refrain from using his Blackberry device. They say that it is difficult to secure the communications that are sent from a handheld and that it could therefore be a security risk. Many of us…
Jewish Wisdom for Business Success Featured in Israeli Daily Paper “Maariv”
Below please find the two page article in the second largest Israeli Daily newspaper the Maariv that featured "Jewish Wisdom for Business Success." Unfortunately the reporter at the Maariv did not check all his facts when he states that Jewish organizations and news outlets in the USA did not want…
Don’t allow fear to drive you
As many of us were praying in the synagogue during the afternoon of Yom Kippur Wall Street was having one of its worst afternoons in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down below 8,600 points. $8.3 trillion in shareholder wealth has been wiped out in the last year…
Book: Jewish Wisdom for Business Success
Jewish Wisdom for Business Success Lessons from the Torah and Other Ancient Texts Authors: Rabbi Levi Brackman, Sam Jaffe Pub Date: 2008 List Price: $24.00 ISBN: 9780814412749 Format: Hardback Sign Up to Newsletter on Left and Receive A Free Chapter Click here to buy from Amazon Click here to buy…
New York Times Feature on Jewish Wisdom for Business Success
Writers Say the Torah Holds Key to Success in Business — By ALLEN SALKIN (New York Times) The authors of the new book “Jewish Wisdom for Business Success” (Amacom, 2008), have had a hard time attracting attention from any media outlets, despite their provocative title. The big exception: Christian radio….
The Fall of Big Finance
The markets have been very volatile lately and according to most experts the United States has entered a recession. All of this uncertainty and financial difficulties is a result of the credit crises that was sparked by the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. We have now seen the downfall…
Rabbi Levi Brackman on The Money Man report with Daniel Frishberg
Rabbi Levi Brackman was interviewed about his new book JEWISH WISDOM FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS on the Biz Radio Network's The Money Man Report with Daniel Frishberg To listen to part 1 of the interview click here: http://www.bizradio.com/podcast/audio/entireShows/MoneyMan/20080923_7.mp3 To listen to part 2 of the interview click here: http://www.bizradio.com/podcast/audio/entireShows/MoneyMan/20080923_8.mp3
Why Jews are disproportionally successful
The fact that Jews are disproportionally successful in many fields of endeavor is undeniable. The statistics simply speak for themselves. Jews make up less than half of one percent of the world’s population but they consistently have made up more than twenty percent of the Forbes 400 list of the…