Hillel Goldberg
IJN Executive Editor | hillel@ijn.com
48 ways to acquire Torah: Way #1
Hillel GoldbergApr 19, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” For the next 48 weeks, I shall address each of these ways. This...
Just when you thought things in Syria could not get any worse
Hillel GoldbergApr 12, 2018
Mass population transfer The way Middle East expert Mordechai Kedar paints it, the last thing Israel has to worry about in Syria is a major Iranian military presence...
Two Passover takes: the Bible’s and the historian’s
Hillel GoldbergApr 05, 2018
Do we really know what happened when the ancient Israelites left Egypt? We don’t, and it’s a good thing we don’t, for if we did, we likely would not be here to...
Dayyenu is enough — really?
Hillel GoldbergMar 29, 2018
This ode to Passover was first published in the IJN in 1982 and has occupied this space before Passover many years since. ONE of the most popular parts of the Passover...
Two minutes with President Trump
Hillel GoldbergMar 22, 2018
The so-called fake news media missed a really important step in the dismissal of Rex Tillerson and the hiring of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. Actually, there was...
Passover — witchcraft — holes in walls — bygone era
Hillel GoldbergMar 15, 2018
On Passover, this most observed of all Jewish holidays, there is one practice that I’m prepared to go out on a limb and say, not one Jew in the world will put his mind...
A young black Christian voice for Israel
Hillel GoldbergMar 08, 2018
In the desert, you can only dream about the water before you come to the oasis. If Israel is the oasis, at a distance it is a mirage. That’s the problem with the image...
Joe Silver is Better than Gold
Hillel GoldbergMar 01, 2018
I know I am unlike no one in saying that Joe Silver is unlike anyone you have ever met. If you have not met Joe Silver, avail yourself of the opportunity, as the word...
Kavod Senior Life zooms into the 21st century
Hillel GoldbergJan 25, 2018
He doesn’t like talking about himself. He likes talking about the institution he heads: Kavod Senior Life. He likes talking about how to enhance seniors’...
‘The Post’
Hillel GoldbergJan 18, 2018
I felt like somebody handed me one of those old toy trains, or a vintage 1957 Chevrolet, or a pair of bell bottoms from the 1970s. Forget the story line. I was...
