Ron CantorMar 93 minLessons from Odessa—Part 2Hard-face in my kitchen I am standing in my kitchen looking at a man who has, no doubt, killed. He is Ukrainian Mafia and he is yelling...
Ron CantorMar 93 minLessons from Odessa—Part 1A Dead Mouse and a New Life My wife was looking at a dead mouse on the ground. We were in Odessa, Ukraine visiting. I was convinced that...
Ron CantorMar 94 minLessons from Odessa—Part 3For the next three days, over the weekend, I was in a daze. I didn’t know what to do. I was paralyzed with fear. This definitely was...
Ron CantorSep 18, 20123 min9/11 and the Sprit of Terror—Part 3Part 1 <> Part 2 It was nine days after 9/11. I was watching the evening news. In fact, I think the whole world was watching—what would...
Ron CantorSep 11, 20124 min9/11 and the Spirit of Terrorism Part 2Part 1 <> Part 3 A Moving Ritual On September 11th 2001 my two younger daughters were let out of school early. They were eight and ten...
Ron CantorSep 11, 20123 min9/11 and the Spirit of TerrorismThe phone rang. “Something terrible has happened in America!” The voice on the other end was Marcela Goldstein’s, the wife of Jorge...
Ron CantorAug 31, 20124 minA Prostitute in Russia—FinalDasvadanya Tolyatti The next day we packed and prepared for the trek back to Moscow. As we gathered at the bus that would take us to the...
Ron CantorAug 30, 20125 minA Prostitute in Russia Part 3From Hooker to Heaven When Irina got off the floor and began to worship the Lord, we were overjoyed. It was the hand of God. She looked...
Ron CantorAug 29, 20124 minA Prostitute in Russia Part 2The Outreach Begins One of the saddest things about Soviet era Russia is that creativity was killed. Miles and miles of massive apartment...
Ron CantorAug 28, 20124 minA Prostitute in Russia Part 1Reports of spiritual hunger in Russia in the early 90s deeply moved me. The Iron Curtain came crashing down in the Former Soviet Union...
Ron CantorAug 27, 20125 minReading in my Bathtub: Falling in Love w/ Israel-FinalRude American As I entered the tiny matchbox apartment, where my wife and her three siblings were raised, I was greeted by Elana’s mother...
Ron CantorAug 26, 20121 minSeries: 10 Events That Shaped My LifeWe all have life-changing moments. Moments that according Jeff Goins’ new book Wreck us. We are not the same afterward. We are ruined in...
Ron CantorAug 26, 20122 minReading in my Bathtub: Falling in Love w/ Israel-Part 4My Arrival There is nothing that compares to those first few seconds in the Holy Land. You feel as if you have gone back in time. Not...
Ron CantorAug 26, 20122 minReading in my Bathtub: Falling in Love w/ Israel-Part 3Going Home 1991 In between my bathtub revelation and my actual visit in June of 1991, Saddam Hussein decided to send 42 scud missiles to...
Ron CantorAug 26, 20122 minReading in my Bathtub: Falling in Love w/ Israel-Part 1From Beirut to Jerusalem, to my Bathtub! Thomas Friedman changed my life. You may have heard of him. He is the left-leaning longtime...
Ron CantorAug 26, 20122 minReading in my Bathtub: Falling in Love w/ Israel-Part 2It wasn’t merely that I was Jewish. I didn’t fall in love with the sites or the cities, but the people—the characters in his book. He...