Hillel Goldberg
IJN Executive Editor | hillel@ijn.com
What is happening to our country?
Hillel GoldbergJun 22, 2017
What is happening to our country? Something much larger than a radical polarization between left and right. Nazi analogies inevitably fail not only because, contra...
Too old to crawl like a rat into a dark hole
Hillel GoldbergJun 15, 2017
Everybody is talking about how the Six Day War changed Israel forever. It’s true, but it’s also not true. There is no better evidence for the enduring...
Every breath makes a difference
Hillel GoldbergJun 08, 2017
JERUSALEM — Every breath, every step, every word, every glance, every blessing recited, every mile traveled, every moment, makes a difference. In the Holy Land, every...
Self-repairing potholes
Hillel GoldbergJun 02, 2017
I can’t wait until self-driving cars dominate the roads, not because I want one myself. I actually like to drive and won’t let anybody take away my steering wheel,...
Speechless on Shavuos
Hillel GoldbergMay 25, 2017
Props. Rituals. Everywhere. Rosh Hashanah — shofar. Sukkos — lulav, etrog, sukkah. Chanukah? Candles. Tu b’Shevat: trees. Passover: matzah. The Jewish calendar...
June, 1967: I.T. and I rode the crest
Hillel GoldbergMay 18, 2017
“I. T.,” I called my best friend in college. I.T. and I had quite a reputation for activism, having (among other projects) saved the JTS library after it suffered a...
Denverite in the war in 1967
Hillel GoldbergMay 18, 2017
Israel has changed, but the memories of 1967 have not. At least not if you served in that decisive war. The politics have colored the intervening years. Was this war,...
Suddenly
Hillel GoldbergMay 18, 2017
It didn’t seem particularly unusual at the time. It just seemed like a workable — and free — living arrangement. But in May-June, 1968, I was one of only two Jews...
A scoundrel with a Torah license
Hillel GoldbergMay 11, 2017
Last week’s Torah portion famously commands, “You shall be holy, because I the L-rd your G-d am holy.” What is holiness? On the spot, the Torah gives no clue. We...
They’re studying me for $750,000
Hillel GoldbergMay 04, 2017
Unfortunately, I don’t get any of the money. Maybe not to Donald Trump, but to the rest of us, $750,000 is a lot of money. It’s being used to study me. It’s an...
