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This is where I say what I truly believe in WITHOUT being politically correct... Read my latest blogs or search by topics of interest! As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts: Shmuel@AmYisraelChaiFund.org

All Articles by Shmuel Sackett Founder and Director of Am Yisrael Chai

Shmuel Sackett

Feb 6, 20224 min

It’s All About Us

People love looking forward to something; a vacation, the Super Bowl, or the day their kids (finally) leave for sleepaway camp. Everyone...

Shmuel Sackett

Feb 6, 20225 min

The Pollard Photo-op

It’s been very hard for me to watch the endless videos being posted of Rabbis, politicians, community leaders, activists and successful...

Murdered 31 Years Ago - But Still My Rebbe

Shmuel Sackett

Oct 23, 20214 min

Murdered 31 Years Ago - But Still My Rebbe

There are those who teach with words and there are those who teach with actions. The best teacher, however, is one who teaches with words...

Shmuel Sackett

Oct 3, 20213 min

We Need to be the Light

Every now and then, something just hits me like “a ton of bricks” (ouch!) and shakes me to the core. Well, it happened this past Shabbat....

How to be Happy on Sukkot during these crazy times

Shmuel Sackett

Sep 13, 20215 min

How to be Happy on Sukkot during these crazy times

When I can’t learn Daf Yomi with my regular Rav, I make sure to watch and listen to Rabbi Eli Stefansky’s amazing daf on YouTube. During...

Shmuel Sackett

Sep 5, 20214 min

Men in the Women’s Section

I realize that there are a lot of problems in the world and this may seem silly, but this has started to bother me and I need to scream...

Shmuel Sackett

Aug 31, 20214 min

The Revenge We Are Waiting For

During the next few weeks we will be doing a lot of davening. We will be asking HaShem for good health, happiness and forgiveness from...

Shmuel Sackett

Aug 16, 20213 min

Prophecy Coming to Life!

We are constantly reading different prophecies, in the Haftorah and when we learn Navi, but have we ever seen them come to life? Well,...

Shmuel Sackett

Jul 23, 20213 min

You’re Focused on the Wrong Thing

This past week, I read more articles and heard more jokes about Ben & Jerry’s than I have in the last 100 years… ok, only the last 59...

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