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The fateful encounter in the Jordan River
Hillel GoldbergSep 17, 2021
What would you do if you were taking a swim and suddenly a known criminal leapt in right next to you? He is not only a known thief, bandit and […]
Coincidence?
Shana GoldbergSep 15, 2021
Do you believe in coincidence? Or is it that our minds are tuned into a topic so we notice overlaps? As a more rationalist-oriented thinker, I tend to the latter....
Incredible Arab courage
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 15, 2021
I’m grateful to the Israeli security personnel who captured the escaped terrorists, including arch terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi. But the story of their capture has an...
Anti-Semitism is horizontal
Hillel GoldbergSep 10, 2021
A common theme pervades the current formulations of anti-Semitism: • After the Holocaust, anti-Semitism did not die; it just went underground for a while. •...
The greatest drummer you’ve never heard of
Shana GoldbergSep 10, 2021
I’m not sure how or when I first came across the story of Jim Gordon, but it’s been one of my “rabbit holes” ever since. His story, unlike others I’ve...
From whence came our ancestors?
Mark FearerSep 10, 2021
I will not address the politics of immigration here, although there are intersections of Jewish immigration and politics. Instead, I’ll focus on our ancestors’...
Shmita: relinquishing the sense of control
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 10, 2021
By the time you are reading this, shmita, the sabbatical year in Israel, or the seventh year (Shvi’it), will have already commenced and will be in its first week. When...
‘I can only deal with the hand I was dealt’
Hillel GoldbergSep 02, 2021
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5782 SECTION A PAGE 4 Never in my memory have the events of the day so tightly highlighted the theme of the High Holiday season: repentance....
Honey-vinegar
Shana GoldbergSep 02, 2021
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5782 SECTION A PAGE 2 Adages, idioms and clichés are all part of the way we communicate, even if they aren’t all strictly true. Take “The...
A yen for a little zen
Karen GalatzSep 02, 2021
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5782 SECTION D PAGE 19 A new city for my husband and me. A new job for one of my children. A new year soon to begin […]
