About Dave

Dave is a freelance journalist and an editor at the Thornhill Liberal.

He writes regularly about the Middle East, Judeo-Christian values, politics, opinions and commentary, news, and much more. He has written editorials and also reported from the newsrooms of Toronto Sun, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Baltimore Sun, National Post and eye Weekly.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Since the late 90s, he has lectured coast to coast on dozens of occasions on subjects as the Middle East, examining newspaper editorials, Jewish continuity, journalism ethics, kosher speech, and media bias. He has led workshops on writing, editing and logical analysis of argumentation. Send an email to Dave if you would like a further listing of topics and are interested in having him speak to your group.

WRITING

For the past several years, Dave has been researching and working on three books:

On this website you will find essays pertaining to those topics, many of which will eventually appear in the books.

As of June, 2010, Dave published his first two books, Sefer Bracha Tikvah, a book of Torah commentaries; and co-authored Legacies: Alive and Kicking, profiles of great Canadians.

In December of 2010, Dave expects to complete what is tentatively called Graduated Values, a series of about 60 essays on life lessons, a book designed to be a gift for high school and college graduates.

Dave's writings have appeared in major publications including:

The New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Edmonton Sun, Eye Weekly, Forward, Franchise Magazine, New York's Jewish Week, Lifestyles Magazine, London Free Press, Metro Toronto, National Post, Ottawa Sun, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Popjournalism, Post City Magazines, Press Review, Toronto Life, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, 24hrs, Western Standard, and Globe And Mail.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Dave's more famous photos include:

CNN's Ted Turner, Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Prime Minister Paul Martin, US President Barack Obama, US Vice President Joe Biden, Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli PM Shimon Peres, Israeli PM Ehud Barak, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, US Vice President Al Gore, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and many others.

Born in Montreal, Dave spent his formative years in Halifax and Toronto. His wife Karen is a psychologist, and they have two daughters, Bracha and Hadassah.