Columns
Happy Tu b’Shevat and Shabbat Shalom
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 17, 2013
Even though it is not a Biblically mandated holiday, nor even a rabbinically mandated holiday, come the Jewish month of Shevat and Tu bShevat is on the mind. Over...
The atheist response to Sandy Hook
Dennis PragerJan 17, 2013
LAST week The New York Times published an opinion piece that offered atheisms response to the evil and tragedy in which 20 children and six adults were murdered at the...
In our dark time
Hillel GoldbergJan 10, 2013
We live in a dark time I hear this all around me. Shootings in Aurora and Newtown. Bone-chilling testimony in the Aurora case. Blood swishing in the bottom of...
What is it about snow?
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 10, 2013
I admit it. I am totally jealous of the Jerusalem snowfall. Aside from the fact that there is nothing quite like the magic and joy of a snowy Jerusalem night, […]
The private language of crossword puzzles
Hillel GoldbergJan 03, 2013
THERES English and all the rest of the languages on this planet. Then there are the private languages. I refer not to the secret codes between married couples, the...
Book it
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 03, 2013
Here is my dilemma of the week. Two novels I have read, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and Life of Pi by Yann Martel, have been made into movies, and […]
Cultivating awe and wonder
Amy LedermanJan 03, 2013
She could do anything with her professional life that she wanted to do. Not many can boast of Sandys talents; she is a highly educated, talented musician, a wonderful...
Mirrors from a traveler’s diary
Hillel GoldbergDec 27, 2012
I HAVE traveled and listened traveled to the Holy Land and to New York and listened to deep and different stories. I traveled to a simcha in Israel and […]
No chopsticks on Christmas
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 27, 2012
Ive come a long way, baby! Considering that I had never heard of Christmas or Santa Claus until I was 12, I too felt happy when on Monday evening the […]
Every family has a story to tell
Amy LedermanDec 27, 2012
SINCE the beginning of time, in every culture, across every continent, one thing connects us all: the deeply human need to convey what is important to us from one...
