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Cheating in universities

I am encouraged by the possible turn to oral exams in universities, even as I am discouraged by the primary motivation: widespread cheating.

The Wife’s sweet 60th

So there we were: The Wife’s 60th birthday was creeping up, and not only did I not know what to buy, I did not know what to do. I asked my kids, but — being blessed...

Furry friends

What does it say about someone if his passing moves one to tears without ever having met him? When I read last Friday that Bark-André had passed, I was gutted.

Don’t rain on our parade

[dropcap]Each[/dropcap] spring season in New York City, as the vibrant Israel Day Parade, formally known as ”Celebrate Israel,” marches on Manhattan’s iconic Fifth...

Quaking in my boots

I am supposed to be quaking in my boots. Not I, Hillel Goldberg, the individual. Not I, a columnist for the Intermountain Jewish News, a specific newspaper. Not I, a...

SRO removal: best of plans, worst of plans

It was the best of plans, it was the worst of plans. With apologies to Dickens, this adaptation of his words aptly describes a tumultuous year for the Denver Public...

Manhattanhenge

Manhattanhenge is a phenomenon when a setting sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan’s grid-patterned streets, creating a picturesque effect, where the North and...

Is no one ill? Or everyone?

In response to a recent study which showed that more than a quarter of adult Americans are depressed, the much-awarded author Joyce Carol Oates sent an ignorant tweet,...

Look how we talk about each other

I have yet to meet my first person who does not say that we live in terribly polarized times, and that something definitely needs to be done. I can count on one hand the...

Naivete with the KGB . . . and with Sasha

Growing up, I was more New Yorker than Jew. More Las Vegan than landsman. More my father’s daughter than one of the Chosen People. At least that’s what I thought,...