Hillel Goldberg
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Joel Orent
Hillel GoldbergJan 28, 2021
This is one of the most difficult columns I have ever had to write. One of the first people Elaine and I met when we moved to Boston shortly after our marriage was Joel...
Hermine Blau
Hillel GoldbergJan 21, 2021
In every community there is a small number of special people captured by the adjective “colorful.” They attract attention not because they try to but because of who...
Have we lost the ability to govern ourselves?
Hillel GoldbergJan 14, 2021
My friend David Boyles suggested even before the January 6 incident at the US Capitol, “We have lost the ability to govern ourselves.” Perhaps I am in denial, but I...
My friend Will Hiatt
Hillel GoldbergJan 07, 2021
One could make many mistakes about the late Will Hiatt. He was a strapping, handsome man, strong. He exercised every day. When he swam a length of the pool, if you...
I didn’t even finish half of my favorite book of 2020
Hillel GoldbergDec 31, 2020
I did not even finish half of my favorite book of 2020. This is no reason to complain. What I read is so rich that I have already reread many parts. They’re all...
2020: A year of benefits and better habits
Hillel GoldbergDec 24, 2020
The terrible losses and disruptions of 2020 are known to us all. Death, disease, job loss, food insecurity, mental strain, upended schools, polarization. We need not...
Alzheimer’s
Hillel GoldbergDec 17, 2020
If a person could not forget, a person could not live. If a person remembered the fullness of pain of a betrayal, of a big financial loss, of the death of a loved one,...
Silences
Hillel GoldbergDec 10, 2020
The ageless palimpsest of the Jewish people — the book of Genesis — leaves me with two new mysteries as I read through it week by week. At critical junctures in the...
Was there a Chanukah miracle?
Hillel GoldbergDec 03, 2020
“Oh yes, of course. Chanukah is eight days long. Because of the miracle. One day’s worth of oil burned for eight days.” This just trips off the tongue. But do we...
Who murdered Van Gogh?
Hillel GoldbergNov 26, 2020
We all know about Vincent Van Gogh. Brilliant artist. Crazy. Cut off his own ear. Killed himself. Never sold a single painting in his lifetime, though now his paintings...
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