Mainly, Yom Kippur is not about forgiveness
Chaim GoldbergAug 31, 2023
The goal of the High Holidays is not to apologize or to be granted forgiveness. The goal of the High Holiday season is to return to G-d, to return to our friends, family...
Secular and religious, side by side
Chaim GoldbergAug 03, 2023
Israel is in trouble. Constructive rhetoric has nearly vanished, the most extreme example being former prime minister — and convicted criminal — Ehud Olmert calling...
At Dee shiva, a lesson about leaving your comfort zone
Chaim GoldbergApr 27, 2023
Shiva houses, even those of terror victims, are unfortunately no longer new territory for me. Yet the Dee family shiva was different. Tragedies are a time for mourning...
Concert in memory of Shira Pransky grows from 25 to 1,400
Chaim GoldbergFeb 23, 2023
From 25 people to 1,400? From a humble Shira Pransky Project benefit concert to a much larger Yad l’Olim concert, in memory of the daughter of Nate and Amy Davidovich,...
Jokic’s #JewishEthics
Chaim GoldbergJun 17, 2021
History was made when Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets became the lowest draft pick to ever win the NBA MVP award. Consider: More than 60% of all MVP winners
IJN exclusive: Aryeh Lightstone, former senior advisor in Jerusalem embassy, speaks
Chaim GoldbergFeb 04, 2021
How does a Jewish boy from Denver go on to become one of the most powerful, if underrated, influencers of US Mideast policy? Who was the right-hand man of a primary...
Report from the Israel that Americans never see
Chaim GoldbergAug 21, 2014
walked into the synagogue, as I have on hundreds of other Friday nights throughout my life. Except this time, I was quickly approached by an elderly man wielding a...
What I saw in Israel during war
Chaim GoldbergAug 15, 2014
THERE are many good reasons for a Jew to spend time in the Land of Israel, some of them religiously oriented, some social, others historical. There is an entirely...
