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As it is, Holocaust remembrance is doomed
Hillel GoldbergApr 18, 2013
FULL disclosure: There is virtually no time when I am not in the middle of reading a book about the Holocaust, whether a history or a memoir by a […]
The search for peace on Mount Zion
Amy LedermanApr 18, 2013
As we sat with our friends on the rooftop of their apartment building, a glorious display of fireworks exploded over our heads in the Jerusalem night sky. In the streets...
As a Bostonian
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 18, 2013
SUNDAY evening through Monday was Israels Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day. I was already steeped in the intense spirit of this very Israeli experience. Its hard to...
Barry Curtiss-Lusher, national chair of the ADL
Hillel GoldbergApr 11, 2013
TO the best of my memory, Denver Jewry has produced three heads of major national Jewish organizations: Bob Loup, head of UJA; Sheldon K. Beren, head of Torah Umesorah;...
YU honors Jimmy Carter . . . what?
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 11, 2013
GROWING up in Jerusalem, I remember well the drama of Israels relinquishing the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Camp David Peace Accords brokered by former President...
Ten lessons of the Holocaust
Dennis PragerApr 11, 2013
Monday, Jews around the world observed Holocaust Day. This day ought to be universally observed because the lessons of the Holocaust are universal. Here are some of...
‘Top 50 Rabbis’ list is inappropriate
Dennis PragerApr 04, 2013
KUDOS to the Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) and writer Danielle Berrin for a fair and balanced article about Newsweek magazines Americas Top 50 Rabbis list. Given...
Mimouna memories
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 04, 2013
I was a little girl at the time. I have fond memories, albeit not the clearest ones, of the conclusion of Pesach. It was Jerusalem. We lived in a tiny […]
The more things change . . .
Hillel GoldbergApr 04, 2013
Change a couple of names, and nothing has changed in 76 years. Preparing for the IJNs 100th anniversary keepsake magazine (due out June 24, 2013), I ran across a front...
What’s mine, what’s yours
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 29, 2013
IT is customary to travel from the holiday of Passover to the holiday of Shavuot with the companion of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers. Each Sabbath afternoon one...