The Israel-Hamas war — an economic and geopolitical perspective
Shana GoldbergJan 25, 2024
From his perch in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Denver-born Daniel Wagner has a different vantage of the Israel-Hamas War. That’s not only because of his...
Minor (lethal) Offenses
Shana GoldbergJan 25, 2024
“The teenagers had been jailed for minor offenses like throwing stones.” This sentence, penned by the AP when a hostage-prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel...
Fight or flight
Shana GoldbergJan 18, 2024
In these past 100-plus days, I keep thinking about fight-or-flight, the body’s stress response to threats. Which, fleeing or fighting, carries the highest possibility...
Denver marks 100 days of captivity
Shana GoldbergJan 17, 2024
Subzero temperatures couldn’t keep people away. Around 200 people gathered last Sunday, Jan. 14, at the JCC on the 100th day since Oct. 7, the day Israel was invaded...
Livnot b’Yachad
Shana GoldbergJan 11, 2024
As I sat in the closing plenary of the JNF-USA Global Conference late last year, I knew that the vision Russell Robinson was outlining about rebuilding Israel’s south...
More hoaxes target Colorado Jewish groups
Shana GoldbergJan 10, 2024
Another series of hoaxes have targeted Colorado Jewish organizations on Jan. 9.
Colorado House Speaker formally reprimands Epps
Shana GoldbergJan 10, 2024
Colorado’s speaker of the house, Julie McCluskie, has formally reprimanded Democrat Rep. Elisabeth Epps in a letter sent Jan. 8.
Letter from Switzerland
Shana GoldbergJan 04, 2024
There are things in Switzerland one will rarely, if ever, see in the US, or Denver specifically.
My best books of 2023
Shana GoldbergDec 28, 2023
Books, along with watching old episodes of “MasterChef Australia,” have become my lifeline. This wasn’t altogether surprising since I’m proud of my membership in...
Stalinism returns
Shana GoldbergDec 21, 2023
When I cracked open Beyond the Wall, a new book about East Germany, I didn’t expect it to resonate so srongly with current events.
