Summer reading
Shana GoldbergJun 20, 2019
Summer is all about light beach reads, but there are two non-fiction books I recently read that are an ideal compendium to fluffier material. Babel is ideal for...
Letter from Azerbaijan: Jewish life in the Muslim country flourishes
Shana GoldbergJun 20, 2019
BAKU — Meet the real Mountain Jews. No, they’re not from Leadville or Fairplay. In fact, they’re not even from Colorado. The real Mountain Jews hail from a remote...
Self-preservation
Shana GoldbergJun 06, 2019
Does the instinct for self-preservation bring out the worst in people? This was a truism stated by Cormac O’Grada in a discussion about the Irish potato famine....
The perfect cheesecake is kosher for Passover
Shana GoldbergMay 30, 2019
I seem to have landed on the perfect cheesecake recipe. Perfectly smooth, with nary even a hint of a crack on its glossy top. The catch? It’s a kosher-for-Passover...
Accept the election results
Shana GoldbergMay 30, 2019
Talk about sore losers! Republicans lost — in disastrous fashion — the Colorado elections of November, 2018. The Senate, House, governorship, attorney general and...
At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Azerbaijan pursues a policy of multiculturalism
Shana GoldbergMay 23, 2019
BAKU — What would you do if you were surrounded by Russia, Iran and Turkey? It’s a precipitous geopolitical position, especially for a country only about three...
Standing on his head
Shana GoldbergMay 23, 2019
Serendipity — or just excellent organization? That’s what I asked myself as, on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Alon Ben Gurion took the stage at JNF Mountain States’ annual...
Kendrick Castillo
Shana GoldbergMay 16, 2019
If one visits Thiepval in France or Tyne Cot in Belgium, one sees seemingly endless rows of names etched in stone. These are the war dead, the young men who […]
Playoff fever
Shana GoldbergMay 09, 2019
On my way into work on Tuesday, the morning after the Avalanche’s spectacular overtime win against the San Jose Sharks, I heard a most amazing stat. According to the...