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Hillel Goldberg

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Now I know how the Holocaust happened

Of course I don’t know how the Holocaust happened. No one will ever fully understand mass, mechanized murder, still less in the most cultured society in Europe. But I...

It’s good to be back

What a joy to be back these past few weeks — to greet old faces and to see or listen to new venues or voices.

19 Arab righteous gentiles

We know that there was an Arab pogrom in Hebron, Palestine in 1929. We know that 67 Jews were axed and otherwise done to death in cold blood — more accurately, that...

Split|screen

Split|screen. Saudi Arabia has a terrible human rights record, and is called out for it. President Biden is right to do so, even as he valiantly tries to balance his...

My time in the Colorado State Penitentiary

In case you want to get someone’s attention, try this: “Let me tell you about my time in the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City.” Works every time, I can...

Jewish view of abortion

As the nation bifurcates into unprecedented anger or rejoicing over two opposite philosophical positions on abortion, I, as an Orthodox Jew, can only look on in sadness.

From across the remotest horizon

What are we to make of the supernatural events in this week’s Torah portion, the story of Korach and his fellow rebels against G-d and Moses.

Quarantines, physical and emotional

The conditions for quarantine are clearly set forth in the Torah, but what is supposed to happen if one is in a state of quarantine? On this, the Torah is more or less...

What is the Torah?

I discovered that even when I could not grasp the meaning in the Torah, even on the simplest level, the Torah could envelop me. Could elevate me. Could connect me.

If laughter is the best medicine…

If laughter is the best medicine . . . then I am the finest doctor. OK, not really, but at least I know where to turn for the best medical textbook: The 776 Stupidest...