Ami Magazine

3 days ago | amimagazine.org | Avi Shafran

It isn’t often that The New York Times runs an editorial—the official voice of the paper—that runs more than 2,000 words. But that’s what happened last week and its topic was anti-Semitism. It was a remarkable read. Titled, “Anti-Semitism Is an Urgent Problem. Too Many People Are Making Excuses,” it offered a detailed and unapologetic expansion of what its title proclaimed, giving examples and decrying excuse makers.

1 week ago | amimagazine.org | Avi Shafran

The hostages are freed. No, not those hostages, unfortunately. Rather, the intrepid seafarers of the “Freedom Flotilla,” the smile-for-the-cameras attempt to deliver some token aid to Gaza. The last of the captured gangplank gang have now been unceremoniously deported.

1 week ago | amimagazine.org | Nesanel Gantz

At the end of June 2022, I received a call from two young men, Chaim Lefkowitz and Joel Rosenberg. They asked for my help in putting together a real estate event… on a boat. Their idea was simple. They felt there was no central event for the frum crowd focused solely on helping people network and learn the real estate industry. They had created a real estate chat focused on Yidden helping each other, and they wanted to take this concept of people helping others into real life.

2 weeks ago | amimagazine.org | Avi Shafran

Many a Jewish educational institution or organization will readily tell you that fundraising is an uphill slog. But it’s smooth sailing if you’re an anti-Jewish terrorist entity like Hamas, which, without official fundraisers, receives largesse from a number of eager sources. There’s Iran, of course. Any cause holding the promise of dead Jews is a shoo-in for the mullahs.

2 weeks ago | amimagazine.org | Nesanel Gantz

I met Shloime (Sol) Friedman, founder of Que Fencing, at the OJBA show a couple of months ago. After talking with him for a little while, I asked him to share his full story with Ami readers. Shloime’s story is one that shows how seemingly stressful financial situations, apparent “failures” in business, are really stepping stones Hashem placed in advance of future success.