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Two chambers in the heart
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 14, 2024
To witness the spirit and emotion of an entire, tight-knit community enveloping this nuclear family with palpable support and love . . . these and so many other sacred,...
Lowest of the low — got lower
Shana GoldbergMar 14, 2024
It is often a good thing in life to be humbled. And boy, have I been humbled. I wish it weren’t so. Not out of pride, but because my forced […]
Who gets the right of way?
Herb KeinonMar 07, 2024
It has been said of Israel that it is a nation of ordinary people able to do extraordinary things, of regular folks achieving remarkable results. This has never been...
War in Ramadan — double standard
Steve LipmanMar 07, 2024
A double-standard is the usual standard applied to Israel in its relations with hostile Arab nations — the latest example of which is international pressure to suspend...
Coffee’s on me
Shana GoldbergMar 07, 2024
Reading continues to be my mental escape five months into the war that began Oct. 7. Amid a plethora of psychological thrillers, I’m re-reading many childhood...
Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah . . . and Haman
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 07, 2024
What if this whole Hamas nightmare is calculated and premeditated by Iran, placed as a mere appetizer, a preliminary, a dress rehearsal of sorts, to the main course, the...
Hearts feel hearts — Standing Together
Chaim GoldbergFeb 29, 2024
Shai Graucher is an indefatigable chesed machine who, in the wake of Oct. 7, founded Standing Together, an organization that has provided support at a level surpassed...
Right here, right now
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 29, 2024
“Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b’Simcha, with the onset of Adar comes in, joy surges” — such is the usual motif for the Jewish month of Adar, in which the often...
Time travel
Shana GoldbergFeb 29, 2024
One probably wouldn’t expect a book called Nosh to be a compilation of “Plant-Forward Recipes,” as the subhead begins. But there’s no false advertising here. The...
Seeing the light
Karen GalatzFeb 22, 2024
The trip was one-part anniversary present, one-part dream travel destination come true, but most of all, it was a long, longed-for spiritual re-connection with my father...