Is Passover after the seder an anti-climax?
Hillel GoldbergApr 22, 2011
The build-up to the Passover seders is tremendous. The cleaning. The purchases. The changeover. The strategizing in the kitchen. The matzah. The maror. The cooking....
Ben and Sonya
Hillel GoldbergApr 14, 2011
WE always said the world wouldnt be the same without them. In fact, the world wouldnt be. How right we were. When Sonya died, a deep darkness fell over Ben....
Nuts, nuts, apples and wine: Hillel Goldberg’s charoset
Hillel GoldbergApr 07, 2011
FIRST, the good news: this charoset recipe yields scrumptious charoset. Second, the better news: If you like charoset not just for the seders, but for the rest of...
‘Our mission — to keep our young people Jewish’
Hillel GoldbergApr 07, 2011
HOW many times have you seen a problem and said, Why doesnt somebody do something about it? Two Denver women, Barbara Engel and Diane Hochstadt, discerned a...
The mitzvah of the Land of Israel
Hillel GoldbergMar 31, 2011
IVE been to reunions. Youve been to reunions. How mighty the surprises. This person, seemingly destined for nothing, has become an eminent doctor, lawyer, captain of...
Dr. Shupak, colorful denizen of Sanhedria Murchevet
Hillel GoldbergMar 31, 2011
In this weeks Kosher Living section, the lead story is on a unique reunion of a neighborhood in Jerusalem. The reunion and the mitzvah of Eretz Yisrael ...
Alone among the multitudes
Hillel GoldbergFeb 24, 2011
I NEVER thought it would happen, certainly not this way. You see, for some years now I have fantasized that one day I would turn up in a strange city, […]
The myth of the Palestinian Arab womb
Hillel GoldbergFeb 17, 2011
IF youve heard it once, youve heard it a thousand times. I first heard it when Menachem Begin was elected prime minister of Israel in 1977, ending 30 years of...
The queen you thought you knew
Hillel GoldbergFeb 10, 2011
IN looking at a Biblical text, David Fohrman asks questions that no one else ever asked, and because of that he gives fresh and arresting answers. Fohrman has already...
‘Five Gold Watches’: A sequel to ‘An Italian Renaissance’
Hillel GoldbergFeb 03, 2011
DEAR Mr. Rubinstein, Two weeks ago, when I reviewed your book, An Italian Renaissance: Choosing Life in Canada, I naturally thought that was the end of the matter. How...
