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Hillel Goldberg

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The elusive Saudi-Israel peace deal

In the aftermath of the Abraham Accords that established peace between Israel and four Arab countries, “everybody” thought that Saudi Arabia was next. Donald Trump...

Unheralded heroine of the last century

When Judith Hemmendinger was 19, she began working at a youth hostel for hidden children operated by Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), a French Jewish children’s...

Something is wrong

Something is wrong. When Jews in Israel kill innocent Arabs, something is wrong.

Thank goodness for California

I don’t know if you heard, but I’m applying for reparations from Russia. California just passed reparations for descendants of slaves, and it’s a good thing, too....

An avoidable plague

Instagram directs users to child pornography. It’s not an accident. It’s built into the algorithms, reports the Wall Street Journal. I have a question: What happened...

Cheating in universities

I am encouraged by the possible turn to oral exams in universities, even as I am discouraged by the primary motivation: widespread cheating.

Quaking in my boots

I am supposed to be quaking in my boots. Not I, Hillel Goldberg, the individual. Not I, a columnist for the Intermountain Jewish News, a specific newspaper. Not I, a...

Look how we talk about each other

I have yet to meet my first person who does not say that we live in terribly polarized times, and that something definitely needs to be done. I can count on one hand the...

Shavuot — the elusive holiday

Why is Shavuot the elusive holiday? The usual answer is that Shavuot has no unique ritual. Not the matzah or the seder of Passover, not the shofar of Rosh Hashanah, not...

A visit with a Torah sage, Rav Dovid Cohen

Rav Dovid Cohen’s 10-digit phone number is perhaps the most dialed number in the rabbinic world worldwide.