Columns
‘If I were a rich man…’
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 18, 2011
WHEN I heard about Howard Schultzs bold move his open letter to fellow American CEOs to boycott campaign donations until President Obama, together with Congress,...
Finding paradise on Highway 89
Amy LedermanAug 18, 2011
AS a child, I grew up listening to music on my fathers prized possession, our stereo system, which consisted of a record player nestled deep within a richly oiled...
In ignoring Tisha b’Av, we ignore the heart
Eshley SpitzerAug 11, 2011
ANOTHER Tisha bAv has arrived. It creeps up among summer festivities, planting itself in the midst of a glamorous heat wave. In the middle of our summer fun comes a...
Cherry Creek
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 11, 2011
I REMEMBER the Cherry Creek Sidewalk Sale from the eighties and nineties. The grid of quaint boutiques and galleries had a charm all their own. The neighborhood would...
Tisha b’Av transformations
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 04, 2011
THE pinnacle of the pain and sorrow we remember during The Three Weeks is on Tisha bAv, this coming week on Tuesday. But before we enter that day of grief […]
The people of sustainable impact
Martin WestermanAug 04, 2011
ON July 4 last year, we were huddling around fires to keep warm in Seattle. This year, weve had 78 minutes of summer so far (i.e., temperatures over 80 degrees)....
“Ebony against ivory”: The Children of Willesden Lane
Hillel GoldbergJul 28, 2011
SHE is 14-years old, alone, with neither parents nor grandparents, neither siblings nor cousins. She is in a foreign country, and doesnt know the language. She has...
America the Beautiful
Amy LedermanJul 28, 2011
THE route from Arizona to Montana was mapped out, the car packed with a weeks worth of clothes and gear, and the cooler filled with snacks and water bottles. As...
What will it take to wake Jews up?
Dennis PragerJul 28, 2011
The citizens of San Francisco will be voting on a proposition that seeks to ban circumcision in that city. Though I am strongly opposed to the proposition, if it passes,...
Where kids can be kids ?
Eshley SpitzerJul 21, 2011
Despite having been a diabetic camper and now an experienced medical staffer at the American Diabetes Associations Camp Colorado for type-1 diabetic children, I know...
