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Another Hamas-Israel war is inevitable
Hillel GoldbergJun 17, 2021
Not a single cause of the recent war between Hamas and Israel has been removed, or is even planned to be removed. Without radical change in Gaza, another Hamas-Israel...
Stories of our lives
Amy LedermanJun 17, 2021
My father passed away almost three years ago — just a few months shy of his 100th birthday. As goal-oriented as he was, I am certain it bothered him that […]
Kenny and Bibi
Shana GoldbergJun 17, 2021
In the iconic words of Kenny Rogers, “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.” Benjamin Netanyahu would have done well to heed the country...
President Biden, please, I humbly ask you
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 17, 2021
I am really disappointed to learn that the Biden administration’s State Dept. has instituted a name change for the Abraham Accords. President Biden refuses to refer to...
Phalanxes of historians
Shana GoldbergJun 10, 2021
Bans on inciting violence or on expressing denial of past violent events — sound like good policy, right? But with both of these, Facebook and Twitter have gotten...
A lonely creation
Hillel GoldbergJun 10, 2021
G-d is one. As a representation of G-d, the number 1 is unique, but there is a human corollary of G-d’s oneness: aloneness. When I am alone in prayer, Iam […]
Guard the blessing
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 10, 2021
The land of Israel is burning. Not just figuratively. But, literally. Forest fires seem to be lighting up across the country. From Tzur Hadassah to Ma’ale Hachamisha,...
Don’t think
Hillel GoldbergJun 03, 2021
One cause of the corruption of our political discourse is the routinization of words or phrases that pass for reality but mask a malady: the absence of thought. Three...
Choosing a DNA test
Mark FearerJun 03, 2021
Hopefully you have read DNA part 1, in which I talked about why to take a test, and ethnic estimates. Let’s start here with some other fundamentals. We are the...
Free-loader vs. fee-payer
Shana GoldbergJun 03, 2021
When spring comes, I start temperature watching. You see, I’m a fair-weather cyclist. During the warm months I try to cycle to work as much as I can. It’s good...
