Rabbi Amsalem’s plan for haredi society
Hillel GoldbergMay 03, 2012
CHAIM Amsalem, a member of Knesset, is a maverick. A learned Sephardi rabbi-politician, Rabbi Amsalem was educated in haredi yeshivas, was elected to the Knesset as a...
My Shoshana
Hillel GoldbergApr 26, 2012
ITS a good thing this book is small. You know, one of those books that looks like an excuse for a book, a couple of inches high, a few pages […]
A journey in many languages: Passover in Israel and Switzerland
Hillel GoldbergApr 19, 2012
CUSTOMARILY, Denvers Rabbi Shlomo Twerski of blessed memory attracted to his Shabbos table a wide variety of seekers and guests. The seekers in the 1960s were varied...
Brown, green, blue (and red)
Hillel GoldbergApr 12, 2012
HAL Linden, the actor and national spokesman for the Jewish National Fund, says the history of JNF falls into three stages: brown, green, blue. In the brown era, JNF...
Making sense out of Dayenu
Hillel GoldbergApr 05, 2012
PASSOVER EDITION SECTION A PAGE 4 AT Passover time, I am often asked to reprint my interpretation of Dayenu. Here it is: One of the most popular parts of the […]
This isn’t panhandling — it’s climbing the ladder
Hillel GoldbergMar 29, 2012
IF youre ever walking downtown and are approached by somebody selling a newspaper, Denver Voice, I recommend that you buy it. I myself hesitated a split second before...
Kosher doses
Hillel GoldbergMar 22, 2012
Say that you are very ill. A doctor gives you a prescription for a strong antibiotic. The prescription says the name of the antibiotic, nothing more. Just its name. You...
Are we on the eve of another Holocaust?
Hillel GoldbergMar 15, 2012
I thought Robert Wistrich was a committee, and a very old one at that. I was surprised to learn that this author of many large, learned, standard works on anti-Semitism...
Meet the president of Brandeis University
Hillel GoldbergMar 08, 2012
ITS a heavy card: Frederick M. Lawrence. President. Professor of Politics. Brandeis University. Its a heavy job. And the bearer of the job evinces the...
A play with study guide
Hillel GoldbergFeb 09, 2012
The Denver Theatre Company has produced a 32-page study guide to accompany its controversial play, Two Things you Dont Talk about at Dinner, by Lisa Loomer. The...
