Columns
Sherry
Shana GoldbergMar 23, 2017
gotten an unfair rap. Thanks to its prominence among Miss Marple-type Agatha Christie characters, the Spanish fortified wine is associated with older English...
Second seder
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 23, 2017
I wasn’t raised with a second seder. I was raised in Jerusalem, where only one seder is celebrated. Your experiences in your formative years are what shape you. So to...
Serendipity
Shana GoldbergMar 16, 2017
Back in 1997, before the internet was ubiquitous, the IJN received a letter from a woman in England seeking information about Leonard and Miriam Harris, son and daughter...
Prayer and Adam, of blessed memory
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 16, 2017
gets harder and harder with each prayer project. As I get older, when disappointment and painful silence of unanswered prayers stares you in the face, you feel...
Reversal of fortunes
Shana GoldbergMar 09, 2017
Everybody likes a good twist. If a story is predictable, we tend to roll our eyes or tune out. We want tension, mystery, uncertainty. I think that’s why everyone...
Why do Jews want thousands of haters?
Dennis PragerMar 09, 2017
Last week, the Jerusalem Post and other news agencies reported that in a Paris suburb, two Jewish brothers wearing kippot were attacked while driving their car by Middle...
A murderer isn’t a ‘feminist’
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 09, 2017
say that I am appalled is an understatement. It’s this International Women’s Strike of March 8, 2017 that is now stirring the pot. It’s purported purpose was...
Want ads
Shana GoldbergMar 02, 2017
One of the stories in last week’s L’Chaim© magazine was about a US Holocaust Memorial Museum project, “History Unfolded,” exploring how US media covered the...
A nation of immigrants — if they assimilate
Dennis PragerMar 02, 2017
am writing this column in Japan, a country whose crime rate is the lowest among countries with large populations. I asked my Japanese translator, a middle-aged woman,...
Hamantaschen!
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 02, 2017
With Purim around the corner, sweet pastries and treats come to mind. When it came to Purim baking, my beloved Hungarian Bubbie took out all the stops. Slaving for...
