Iran was within two weeks of finishing 11 nuclear bombs, and was ready to strike the US with missiles launched from outer space. 

Join Edwin and the Vintage Boys — Joshua London, Jeff Morgan, Shel Freilich, Ken Abramowitz, and Zalmi Unsdorfer — as they dig very deep.

The usual suspects—Shel Freilich, Joshua London, Jeff Morgan, Ken Abramowitz, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—are back. It’s the turning of the year — time to take stock of 5785 and look ahead to 5786. As usual, there will be discourse on history, current events, and the most appropriate libations for the occasion.

Edwin reveals the knowns and unknowns about Israel’s strike, America’s follow-up, and what may come next. With Clare Lopez and Ken Abramowitz.

Edwin serves once again as the scholar-in-residence for the International March of the Living, which gathers thousands every year, including Edwin and his guests — Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, Bruce Blank, Matt Lebovic, Faye Lincoln, Ken Abramowitz, and Merrill Eisenhower — to Auschwitz to commemorate the Shoah and life itself.

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The Vintage Boys—Ken Abramowitz, Shel Freilich, Joshua London, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—join Edwin for Passover 2025/5785. There will be the usual reasoned deliberations on the best whiskies and wines for the observation of Passover plus cogent considerations of current events and history. Plus, we have special reports from Richard Heideman on October 7 litigation and Clare Lopez on the Iran nuclear standoff. Next year in Jerusalem!

Join Edwin and analyst Ken Abramowitz as they delve into the worst of the worst: TD Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Capital One, UBS, and others. Plus: drill-down updates on Trump 2.0, Gaza, and Syria.

CFNS welcomes Edwin to Boca Raton for a limited-capacity dinner briefing.

The usual suspects—Shel Freilich, Joshua London, Jeff Morgan, Ken Abramowitz, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—are back to help Edwin look back at 5784 and forward to 5785 and the fraught US elections. Join us as we welcome the new year!

In addition, Marc Zell updates us on the Americans in Israel voting effort and Clare Lopez cuts through the fog of war in the Middle East.

Americans have long thought of Canada as a haven of freedom and democracy, but the utopia to the north is gone. Is Canada descending into “post-national” intolerance, authoritarianism, and uber-control? Canadian Jews and many others are pondering emigration as Canada crumbles. Astute Canadian observers Sharon Polsky, Tom Korski, and Rob Anders join Edwin. In addition, Juda Engelmayer, Zalmi Unsdorfer, and Ken Abramowitz get us started on the tempestuous US election season.

Get ready: the Vintage Boys—Ken Abramowitz, Shel Freilich, Joshua London, Jeff Morgan, and Zalmi Unsdorfer—are back to help Edwin observe the Fourth of July. We’ll be talking serious election selection and without deflection. As well, our favorite whiskeys, wines, and other libations will be on display. BYOB, and don’t miss it.

To Love of America, Love of Israel, and Love of Fine Fluid.