Columns
It’s all in the Dad-itude
Amy LedermanApr 20, 2017
dad is a stand up kind of guy. Well, actually, at 98, he is more of a “sit down, I’m tired” kind of guy, but his attitude reflects that of someone much younger....
Does JVP fit in the big Jewish tent?
Jonathan TobinApr 14, 2017
What’s the one value that the Jewish community should care most about? To listen to many who run organizations and communal philanthropies, the answer is inclusion. At...
Passover memories
Hillel GoldbergApr 14, 2017
My mother Miriam Goldberg, of blessed memory, loved being the host all year round. It was never a question of Mom hosting this time, so an aunt or friend would
Pesach reversal chaos
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 14, 2017
interesting how leading up to Pesach everyone prepares laboriously for the holiday. Weeks of planning and preparing for the switchover, for the cooking, for...
Seder night
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 06, 2017
PASSOVER EDITION 5777SECTION C PAGE 19 1947, David Ben Gurion spoke before representatives of the UN who arrived on a visit to then Palestine. This is what he said:...
A time to celebrate ‘Dayenu ’ moments
Amy LedermanApr 06, 2017
PASSOVER EDITION 5777 SECTION C PAGE 19 Passover is a time of year when Jews tell the core narrative of the Jewish people which goes like this: We were slaves […]
St. Petersburg
Shana GoldbergApr 06, 2017
Technology Institute in St. Petersburg, the area where a deadly terrorist attack took place this week, is on the approach to the city center from the airport, at a...
Purists kill whatever they believe in
Dennis PragerMar 30, 2017
According to The New York Times, 10 moderates, 15 conservatives and eight other Republicans would have voted against the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare....
Herero genocide
Shana GoldbergMar 30, 2017
1939, the day before signing the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler wrote that he had death squads at the ready to rid Poland of its people in...
FOMO
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 30, 2017
. I’ve been saddled with a major case of FOMO (fear of missing out!). Turning green with jealousy I watched as Facebook lit up with picture after picture of...
