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...
The traffic is edgy, Rabbi Olshin is not
Hillel GoldbergSep 22, 2011
WE often think that because a person holds a high position, he is special. We forget that it is the other way around. Because he is special, he came into […]
End of summer
Hillel GoldbergSep 15, 2011
Maybe it is because that wonderful, little-kid summer feeling that stays with us forever, but the end of summer brings with it a pang of melancholy. Well, maybe not for...
The Catholic who saved 2,500 Jewish children in the Holocaust
Hillel GoldbergSep 15, 2011
A FANATIC is focused. Nothing extraneous to the mission is allowed to impinge on a fanatics consciousness or schedule. Irena Sendler was a fanatic . . . for saving...