Kever Avot like no other
Shana GoldbergSep 21, 2023
In cemeteries sensations of peace, sadness and connection comingle, imbued with a sense of other worldliness.
Collective amnesia
Shana GoldbergSep 07, 2023
Does dissociative amnesia — when a person blocks out traumatic experiences — also exist on the collective, societal level?
Originating in London
Shana GoldbergAug 31, 2023
I was rapt listening to a recent “Archive on 4” that explored the rival universes of DC and Marvel comics. What’s fascinating is that Jewishness is inherent to...
Summer camps
Shana GoldbergAug 24, 2023
I spend the majority of my waking hours in Capitol Hill, a neighborhood that has become plagued by the homeless encampments that new Denver mayor Mike Johnston has...
Hiding your Jewishness
Shana GoldbergAug 17, 2023
of the benefits of being a “Swiss living abroad” is that I receive the quarterly Swiss Review, a magazine oriented for non-resident Swiss.
The DPS circus continues
Shana GoldbergAug 10, 2023
If the allegations against former McAuliffe Principal Kurt Dennis are true, then I will issue a mea culpa. Dennis, the beloved principal who was unceremoniously let go...
What’s in a place?
Shana GoldbergAug 03, 2023
Has an author’s description of a place ever been so vivid that you’ve planned your vacation around it?
Safety not #1 at DPS
Shana GoldbergJul 20, 2023
DPS is broken. When a beloved principal is fired after speaking out against a policy that put him, his staff and students in danger, the increasingly infinitesimal hope...
Laramie, Wyo. has a new rabbi
Shana GoldbergJul 13, 2023
Rabbi Yaakov and Malkie Raskin are the new Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Laramie, Wyoming, also serving Cheyenne and surrounding areas.
Slippery slope
Shana GoldbergJul 13, 2023
One of the most challenging aspects of democracy is competing rights, a conflict that was highlighted in the 303 Creative case that the Supreme Court ruled on earlier...
