What was the dispute between Jacob and Esau?
Hillel GoldbergNov 24, 2022
Did Jacob steal Esau’s birthright (Genesis 25:25-34)? If so why does the Bible hold up Jacob, not Esau, as the paradigm of truth?
The memories never fade
Hillel GoldbergNov 17, 2022
Memories of IJN publisher and Denver media personality Max Goldberg on the 50th yahrzeit of his death.
Reckless endangerment
Hillel GoldbergNov 10, 2022
Reckless endangerment. That’s President Biden’s policy on Iran.
Oh the Pity! Oh the Pain!
Hillel GoldbergNov 03, 2022
In all humility, my troubles do not compare to those of Marlene Engelhorn, 30, of Vienna. When the news broke about Engelhorn’s grief and distress, the terrible news...
Let My People Know
Hillel GoldbergOct 27, 2022
A review of Aryeh Lightstone's memoir of Middle East Peace, Let My People Know.
Why creation? Rashi on the Book of Genesis
Hillel GoldbergOct 20, 2022
A valuable lesson. The context was the late Rabbi Morris Besdin’s class on Rashi, the Biblical commentator. The application was universal. Rabbi Besdin used to say:...
Don’t ever call him a shikkur!
Hillel GoldbergOct 13, 2022
It happened on Simchas Torah at the Novorodock yeshiva in Brooklyn in 1972 — 50 years ago.
As an idea, sin is not so popular
Hillel GoldbergSep 29, 2022
It is a paradox. Yom Kippur says: G-d does not forgive the wrongs committed against people unless, first, the wrongdoer seeks the forgiveness of the victim.
The thinning of humanity
Hillel GoldbergSep 22, 2022
If losing weight were as pervasive as the thinning of our language, the obesity epidemic would vanish in a night.
Queen Elizabeth’s (and our) . . . legacy?
Hillel GoldbergSep 15, 2022
I am not opposed to the British monarchy. I am not in favor of it. I, like many Americans, simply don’t understand its attraction.