The elusive Saudi-Israel peace deal
Hillel GoldbergJul 13, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergJul 06, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergJun 29, 2023
Something is wrong. When Jews in Israel kill innocent Arabs, something is wrong.
Thank goodness for California
Hillel GoldbergJun 22, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergJun 15, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergJun 08, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergJun 01, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergMay 25, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergMay 18, 2023
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
Hillel GoldbergMay 18, 2023
Rav Dovid Cohen’s 10-digit phone number is perhaps the most dialed number in the rabbinic world worldwide.