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There is no heredity in challah — a travelogue
Hillel GoldbergSep 17, 2015
Rosh Hashanah is different for a mother of a young family and for any other adult in the house. The solemnity, the seriousness, the deep contemplation, the...
Friendship
Hillel GoldbergSep 10, 2015
ON YOM Kippur, G-d does not, because He cannot, unilaterally absolve one of sins committed against people. If I dislike someone, or have been wronged by someone or...
Seeking refuge
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 10, 2015
For an entire month a sense of preparation and getting closer to something significant has permeated the air. A chasidic tale describes The Days of Awe as a time when...
Warren many block Biden bid
David SirotaSep 10, 2015
As Vice President Joe Biden reportedly mulls a bid for the US presidency, his champions portray him as a credible alternative to Democratic Party front-runner Hillary...
Honey
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 03, 2015
As a little girl, when I thought of bees, my immediate association was: bee sting. And to do anything and everything to avoid that predicament. I still remember once...
Too deep — yet inspirational — for me
Hillel GoldbergSep 03, 2015
BEFORE ROSH Hashanah and Yom Kippur, many people look for inspiration. I know I do. Sometimes I am inspired by what I do not understand. Though I am steeped in
To regret or not to regret
Amy LedermanAug 27, 2015
When my husband, Ray, was diagnosed with cancer almost four years ago, we became a team, determined to face the challenge of living with cancer head on. From the onset,...
Christian and Yazidi Children in Iraq
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 27, 2015
In every generation, there are those storied lives of people, basically seemingly regular, ordinary people, whose sense of moral clarity, compassion and courage to act...
How do you know what’s right or wrong?
Dennis PragerAug 20, 2015
How can we determine what is morally right? The answer to this question — the most important question human beings need to answer — is a major difference between...
Rawtarian
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 20, 2015
Whenever I would hear that someone is a rawtarian, I assumed they were limited to eating carrots and celery sticks or other fruits and vegetables. I love the flavors of...