Columns
Who are the people of faith?
Hillel GoldbergMay 19, 2022
Who are the people of faith? A reflection on shmita.
Mob justice
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 19, 2022
The death of a journalist in the line of duty is tragic. The death of Shireen Abu Akleh, caught in the crossfire in Jenin, is tragic.
Reflections on Roe
Shana GoldbergMay 19, 2022
The news that Roe v. Wade may be overturned has caused me to reflect on and reassess some of my values and political positions.
Everyone’s priesthood
Hillel GoldbergMay 12, 2022
Perhaps the most universal wellspring in the Torah — the teaching that grips all good people ever since the time of Aaron the High Priest — is the priesthood,...
Aha! … until, uh uh
Shana GoldbergMay 12, 2022
Oh, the irony! I intended to open this column with this quote: “A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”
From the hospital bed to the nation’s heart
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 05, 2022
On a week that encompasses two special days of commemoration and celebration of modern day Israel, a week that is meant to embody unity of purpose and peoplehood, it’s...
Ancestral given (first) names
Mark FearerMay 05, 2022
When doing family research, first — or given — names can also be perplexing.
Does it really matter?
Hillel GoldbergMay 05, 2022
We had a story from JTA last week which addressed a controversy: whether a male should be the rabbi-in-residence of a woman’s magazine, Women’s Day. Opponents were...
Post Passover Stress Disorder
Shana GoldbergMay 05, 2022
This year, the “Post Passover Stress Disorder” is particularly acute.
Don’t speak to me
Hillel GoldbergApr 28, 2022
“Activists” — don’t you just love that term for haters? — pronounced last week in Manhattan, “We don’t want no two state, we want all of it . . . Israel...