Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Ishay Yisroel in Lakewood, New Jersey and lectures widely for Aish HaTorah and other organizations.
The story of Massoud Mahlouf Allon, who was mutilated and beaten to death while distributing blankets he collected from Israelis to poor Palestinians, is my pick for story of the week.
Never has single a numeral surrounded by two letters, struck so much terror in the hearts and minds of humankind. Companies have spent billions to fix the Y2K bug and government billions more.