Rescue: heroism, innovation, horrors
Chaim GoldbergApr 03, 2024
The story of United Hatzalah’s growth is told in 90 Seconds (Artscroll), Beer’s gripping memoir. The trailblazing tale of how a middle school dropout became CEO of...
Not since the time of Abraham our Father?
Chaim GoldbergMar 21, 2024
Not every day is there an opportunity to join a simcha the likes of which may not have happened since the days of our forefather Abraham.
Hearts feel hearts — Standing Together
Chaim GoldbergFeb 29, 2024
Shai Graucher is an indefatigable chesed machine who, in the wake of Oct. 7, founded Standing Together, an organization that has provided support at a level surpassed...
Scholar? Polymath? Renaissance Man?
Chaim GoldbergFeb 01, 2024
Scholar? Polymath? Renaissance man? One struggles to come up with a word that encapsulates Rabbi Dr. Professor Avraham Steinberg. A growing number of people today are...
Powerful emotions: Denverites volunteer in Israel
Chaim GoldbergJan 03, 2024
On the ground in Israel, Chaim Goldberg speaks with Denverites Rich Sokol, Rabbi Barry Gelman, Dr. Shevie Kassai, Dr. Mervyn Lifschitz about their experiences...
Releasing the emotional numbness of Oct. 7
Chaim GoldbergDec 14, 2023
Since Oct. 8, I have been emotionally numbed. Little did I imagine it would take a transatlantic trip to Colorado for the deep freeze of my emotions to thaw, at least...
Ten questions to ask about Israel and Hamas
Chaim GoldbergNov 29, 2023
Many people (myself included) have written some version of “10 facts to know about Israel/Hamas.”
Unity of mind, and action, sweeps across Israel
Chaim GoldbergNov 09, 2023
Israel is experiencing an unprecedented, overwhelming force of unity. What does it look like? For starters, this is not a unity of words and platitudes. This time,...
Is Israel’s new and striking unity genuine?
Chaim GoldbergNov 02, 2023
Like most, I had never heard of Kibbutz Be’eri until this Sukkot. The only difference is I first heard of it on Oct. 3, a mere four days before the world heard about...
On the ground: The Simchat Torah War
Chaim GoldbergOct 19, 2023
Unlike some, I was not at all surprised by the first siren Simchat Torah morning. It just so happened that my seven-minute walk to shul was accompanied by constant...
