Sunday, March 29, 2026

My Review of Lloyd Blankfein's "Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs"

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The Rise of Lloyd Blankfein* This Jewish street kid from Queens salutes the Jewish street kid from Brooklyn. Lloyd Blankfein, with the h...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Purim War- Part 3, The End Game*

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The end game in the Iran War has begun. By attacking Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility and the Temple Mount, the home of Islam’s Dome of the ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

My Review of Sarah Hurwitz's "As a Jew: Reclaiming our Story....."

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Be Strong and Stand Tall Former senior speech writer to President Barack Obama and head speech writer to Michelle Obama, Sarah Hurwitz h...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

My Review of Per Hansen's "There Will be the Devil to Pay"

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  The Mother of all Financial Crises This is a book for economic history nerds, not for the typical lay reader. Danish business school pro...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Purim War: Part 2

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  We are now nine days into the Purim War (See:  https://shulmaven.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-purim-war.html ) where the U.S. and Israeli air ...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Purim War

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  About 2,382 years ago Esther and Mordechai ousted the Jew-hater Haman, first minister of Persia; an event that is now celebrated as Purim ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

My Review of Sven Beckert's "Capitalism: A Global History"

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Anti-Capitalism Harvard history professor Sven Beckert offers up a history of capitalism, but in fact he has written an anti-capitalist sc...