As a former newspaper publisher who has covered my share of supposedly transformative elections, I arrived from Jackson, Wyoming in Tel Aviv skeptical that this “historic” election would change anything. Yet here I am, thousands of miles and dollars away, casting my first ballot as an Israeli citizen.

Last month, Canadian Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter and another group of 100 international rabbis filled the building of the Chofetz Chaim’s yeshiva in Belarus to inaugurate the reopened Radin Yeshiva, now fully restored to serve Torah students as a functioning school.

When I was a younger man, I harbored the illusion that as I grew older, my tastes would become more refined, such as I would prefer classical music to pop. I was wrong. I have fallen deeply in love with the country song, which some would say — with its emphasis on cold beer, girls and country roads — is even less refined than pop.

In a legal career that began in 1967, Denverite Len Chesler, by his accounting, has tried “hundreds and hundreds” of civil and criminal cases. He is a member of the exclusive, 200-member American Board of Criminal Lawyers.In the June, 2013, 100th anniversary magazine of the IJN, Chesler was characterized: “The mind of a defense attorney, the heart of humanity. Len Chesler walks into court. Immediately, the clerks, the judges, the opposing counsel relax. Len’s manners and mannerisms bespeak respect and fairness. Meanwhile, this legendary counselor wins very tough criminal cases.”

Aish of the Rockies Rabbi Yaakov Meyer new book collects the Jewish prayers for all kind of occasions, from known to the obscure, including a Prayer for Loneliness, which he jokes could be applied to Broncos fans depending on the season.

Dekel Bar wears a blue-and-white wristband. For Bar, a professional pickleball player with a No. 32 world ranking, the wristband is functional but also sends a message: He is a proud Israeli. “Ever since Oct. 7, I’ve been wearing it,” Bar, 33, said. “It’s my way of showing support wherever I am playing, and a lot of people like that. I get a lot of good comments about it.