Jerusalem is Israel’s capital
Hillel GoldbergMar 18, 2010
As usual, the intemperate debate over Israeli settlements is bereft of color, flesh, sound, life. We learn of 1,600 housing units to be built in Ramat Shlomo. Forget...
The mitzvah of saving a human life
Hillel GoldbergMar 11, 2010
THE Torah says, and one shall live by the commandments, on which the Talmud comments, and not die by them. The Torah is a living Torah and the life it […]
‘The buck starts here’
Hillel GoldbergMar 11, 2010
COLORADO State Treasurer Cary Kennedys stepfather, Dick Jackson, is proud of her (no doubt, mother Joyce Portnoy is, too). Jackson gave her the sign that graces her...
There are no basketball courts in Heaven
Hillel GoldbergMar 04, 2010
I DONT know what to do. Should I copy author Dovid Landesmans joke at the beginning of the chapter entitled, The Cowboy and the Beemer? Youd laugh your heads...
There are no looters in Haiti
Hillel GoldbergJan 28, 2010
Have you noticed the reference to looters in Haiti? One news magazine pictured police trying to stop the looting, which, the magazine said, was blessedly under control....
Dempsey: a boxer, a character study, a hotfoot
Hillel GoldbergJan 21, 2010
HAVE you ever had a tour of a famous building, such as the US Capitol, and noticed the tour guide closing her eyes, reciting her spiel, half-conscious, half asleep? She...
A discussion with ADL on civil rights issues
Hillel GoldbergJan 14, 2010
Take hate-crime legislation. Abortion rights. Religious liberty. Separation of church and state. Michael Lieberman is a believer. As the long time Washington counsel for...
Life comes in fractions
Hillel GoldbergJan 07, 2010
SOMETIMES life comes in halves. It took half my life to notice, compile, save and remember I saved these examples. When Groucho Marx was told that a country...
The Orthodox community confronts the honesty issue
Hillel GoldbergDec 31, 2009
VIGNETTE: On the wall of the Fish Grill in Los Angeles is a sign, Do not speak lashon hara. Lashon hara is slander, unkind words or gossip. The Torah forbids […]
The mysteries and pitfalls of translation
Hillel GoldbergDec 23, 2009
ALL of the fast days in Judaism demand introspection and repentance. Certain fast days also demand mourning; for example, the tenth of the Hebrew month of Teves,...
