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Shifting spiritual journey
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 14, 2012
MATISYAHU, the reggae rapper, posted a picture of himself without his yarmulke. As a result, many of his Jewish religious fans are mourning. This change from the...
In praise of low tech
Hillel GoldbergJun 07, 2012
I HAVE three computers in my office: low tech, medium tech, and high tech. The operating system on the low tech computer is MS DOS. No doubt, many people in […]
The Jewish Atomic Clock
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 07, 2012
Like Yehuda Avners The Prime Ministers, a non-fiction narrative of modern day Israel that reads with the rhythm and pace of historical fiction, the recently published...
May a general call suicide selfish?
Dennis PragerJun 07, 2012
ON his army blog of Jan. 19, the commanding general of Fort Bliss (Texas), Major General Dana Pittard, wrote regarding members of the military who commit suicide: I...
A pernicious pattern at the UN
Hillel GoldbergMay 31, 2012
Forty-five years ago, in May, 1967, Egypt pushed its troops into the Sinai Peninsula, right up to the Israel-Egypt border. The Egyptian move was one of many by Egypt in...
Poland doth protest too much
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 31, 2012
Poland is up in arms over an inaccurate statement President Obama made at a ceremony honoring a Polish hero of the Holocaust, Jan Karski, with the highest American...
Making sense of your child’s test scores
Sharon Duke EstroffMay 31, 2012
Coloring inside the lines didnt carry high stakes when we were kids. But for our children growing up in the era of No Child Left Behind coloring in […]
Trees and plants grow, not adults
Hillel GoldbergMay 24, 2012
Maybe this is semantics, but please bear with me. A Jewish catchword of the past few years is growth. As in to grow in ones Judaism or to grow as […]
Full circle
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 24, 2012
RUTH, the namesake of the the Scroll of Ruth, has always been the gentle and beautiful heroine whom we all love so much. Her compassion and lovingkindness, her maternal...
Shavuot: A night of study and a life of commitment
Amy LedermanMay 24, 2012
The first time I fully experienced the glorious holiday of Shavuot was a balmy June night in Jerusalem. Determined to celebrate the ancient ritual of tikkun leil Shavuot...
