Encounter with Netanyahu’s late father-in-law
Hillel GoldbergNov 24, 2011
INTRODUCTION: The father-in-law of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu died two weeks ago. Shmuel Ben Artzi was a novelist and memoirist. In Eastern Europe, he...
‘And they also prophesied’
Hillel GoldbergNov 17, 2011
AT a certain point, King Saul of ancient Israel bore great enmity to David. The King dispatched his emissaries to take David when David was with Samuel the Prophet and...
At GA, energy!
Hillel GoldbergNov 10, 2011
The energy! You cant bottle it. You cant even define it. But the energy at the GA was bursting. And ubiquitous. Everybody felt it. And said so. Maybe in...
Why remembering Kristallnacht is important
Hillel GoldbergNov 10, 2011
THERE are two types of memory: spiritual and historical. Or, put it this way: There is memory from the point of view of G-d and memory from the point of […]
One person can make 25,000 differences
Hillel GoldbergNov 03, 2011
I was intrigued. Immediately. First, it was a reunion. I like reunions. But I couldnt imagine what this one would be like. Intrigued and more than intrigued. Even...
Be fruitful and multiply
Hillel GoldbergOct 27, 2011
NOT once, not twice, but three times the Torah instructs humanity, Be fruitful and multiply. Is this a good idea, with the human population scheduled to reach seven...
Speaking to empty rooms
Hillel GoldbergOct 20, 2011
THIS week would have been the 100th birthday of my father. Where the old West Side Jewish community of Denver once stood, along the banks of the Platte River, there...
Is it racist for Jews to date only Jews?
Hillel GoldbergOct 13, 2011
Is it racist for Jews to date only Jews? The question presupposes one of two possibilities: either a fundamental attachment to humanity, a universal reach, beyond the...
Surviving the Holocaust physically and theologically
Hillel GoldbergOct 06, 2011
Todays neighbor is tomorrows history. That dispute in shul, that fellow who made a splash and then moved away, that person whose amazing accomplishments you gloss...
Five media myths about Israel
Hillel GoldbergSep 28, 2011
I WAS asked to speak on Israel in the Secular Press at a community briefing last Sunday, called in light of the crisis at the UN, the Palestinian attempt at...
