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Hillel Goldberg

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Eye-openers in Israel

JERUSALEM — The “Jewish” state that Prime Minister Netanyahu demands that Palestinians recognize as such is certainly not all Jewish. I refer not to Israeli Arabs,...

Why buy good luggage?

“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.” — Yogi Berra I WISH Yogi Berra a very long life. I feel like he’s my friend, my uncle, […]

Shavuot

SOMETHING real, but not concrete. It went like this. Jacob M. Charlop, later known as a great man, found himself somewhat ill when he was 19. Doctors advised that he...

Who is a minority?

I DON’T remember the year. Maybe it’s 2030 or maybe 2050. That’s the year when the Caucasian race is predicted to become a minority in the US. Upon reading this...

Herb Keinon: Obama’s misreadings of the Mideast

WHATEVER your political preference, there is no denying that peace efforts in the Middle East are not going well. People will differ why, but the facts are clear. No...

Ash Shabbos

The world is at rest. No human being is in flight. It is retro Wright Brothers. Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, at once futuristic and futile, are as close to flight...

When the last Holocaust survivor is gone

WHETHER you know it or not, if you’re over 15 and you’ve spent a little time in the Jewish community, you will acquire a special status. As you grow older, […]

Fire, Ice, Air: a memoir beginning in Siberia

THE “fire” in the title of this book is Nazism. The “ice” is Siberia. The “air” is the freedom to breathe in the United States of America. The book is […]

Andrew Romanoff, candidate for US Senate

ANDREW Romanoff is running for the US Senate, locked in a bitter primary with Sen. Michael Bennet. When Sen. Ken Salazar moved to the Dept. of Interior, Romanoff thought...

AIPAC policy conference: 7,500 Jews and one opinion

I. Sign of Things to Come I can’t begin to capture what it’s  like when 7,500 pro-Israel activists gather in a single room (two football fields long) and scream,...