Humanitarian crisis in Syria
Hillel GoldbergJul 19, 2012
I USED to laugh, too, when people would suggest that the US might someday put the UN above its own national interests. I used to laugh, too, during the 2008 […]
Why some people are cynical about the Talmud
Hillel GoldbergJul 12, 2012
In passing conversation I hear misconceptions about the Talmud. More broadly, I hear things about Jewish law that do not fit the reality. This is natural, for if people...
Deep soul: Knuckleball in search of a period
Hillel GoldbergJul 05, 2012
I once told a friend. Not only did I like your book. I read it. Im making an exception. I just heard of Wherever I Wind Up a few days […]
Sparks of wisdom
Hillel GoldbergJun 28, 2012
Appearance: One Saturday night, as Rabbi Joseph Jozel was making Havdalah, shots were being fired in his yard. But his hand did not tremble, and not a drop spilled from...
It has become polite to be rude
Hillel GoldbergJun 21, 2012
Lets say I am sitting in the front row of a business seminar; or I am at a lecture; or I am in shul listening to a sermon. I am […]
Winning the battles and losing the war
Hillel GoldbergJun 14, 2012
A LETTER in this weeks IJN is from David Lissy, executive director and CEO of the Masorti Foundation. Masorti in Israel is what is called Conservative Judaism in the...
In praise of low tech
Hillel GoldbergJun 07, 2012
I HAVE three computers in my office: low tech, medium tech, and high tech. The operating system on the low tech computer is MS DOS. No doubt, many people in […]
A pernicious pattern at the UN
Hillel GoldbergMay 31, 2012
Forty-five years ago, in May, 1967, Egypt pushed its troops into the Sinai Peninsula, right up to the Israel-Egypt border. The Egyptian move was one of many by Egypt in...
Trees and plants grow, not adults
Hillel GoldbergMay 24, 2012
Maybe this is semantics, but please bear with me. A Jewish catchword of the past few years is growth. As in to grow in ones Judaism or to grow as […]
Human rights abuses in China affect us all
Hillel GoldbergMay 17, 2012
FORCED sterilizations. Forced abortions. Imprisonment of people who ask the country to obey its own laws. Enrichment of officials who repress citizens. Violence...
