Day 5 of Rabbi Shmuley’s Visit to Africa with Christian Relief Organization ”Rock of Africa”. We spent our Sabbath in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Dennis Prager and I made a Friday night Sabbath dinner for our Christian fellow volunteers from Rock of Africa. About seven Americans and six Zimbabweans were our guests. We ate under the…

Last night we left Victoria Falls and drove two hours to the most beautiful tree lodge in the middle of a Safari game park. We slept in tree houses. This morning, at 5:30am, took a two hour safari. Saw Cheetah, White Rhinos, many other animals. People were super nice and happy to have a job.…

I am someone who uses the expression ‘life-transforming” very sparingly because very few things in life are. Change is something that requires constant effort and constant practice. It doesn’t come cheaply. But I will use the expression to describe what I did today, Thanksgiving 2009. As a volunteer with my good friend Glen Megill’s organization,…

For the first time in his presidency Barack Obama has, according to a Gallup poll, fallen below a fifty percent approval rating. It’s not hard to see why. No, it’s not because he’s spending too much money. There seem to be many Americans who want him to boost social programs. Less so is it because…

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