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Faster or slower?
Hillel GoldbergOct 22, 2009
HE is forgotten. And why not? He died in the 1700s. He left no wife or children. He left no property. Wrote no book. Painted no painting.
Brushstrokes of war
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 22, 2009
I WILL leave the more substantive and critical remarks regarding the Goldstone Report to more savvy political commentators. That really is not my department. I know...
She wants to light candles
Yisroel & Shloime EngelOct 22, 2009
Dear Tzviling, I moved to Long Island last year and decided to send my daughter Naomi to a Hebrew Day School even though we are not religious. Before Rosh Hashanah...
Werner and Lucie waited seven years
Hillel GoldbergOct 15, 2009
DR. Werner Prenzlau was a respected physician and mohel in Denver. Quite formal. Quite charming. Quite distinguished. He died in 2001. His wife Lucie, nee Spitzer, is a...
Coming up short
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 15, 2009
ONCE the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to terrorist Yasir Arafat, I knew it was, on some level, utterly meaningless. At the same time, one might argue that Obamas...
Sukkot harvest: organic or petrochemical?
Martin WestermanOct 15, 2009
SUKKOT, the harvest holiday, provided a good time to remind ourselves about how much we depend on petroleum products for our industrially-produced food for the...
A different Sukkot
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 08, 2009
I WONT lie to you and tell you that I dont miss the holiday of Sukkot in Israel. I wont pretend that I dont long for that Jerusalem landscape of […]
When the going gets tough, the tough give
Amy LedermanOct 08, 2009
I THINK I may have hit a new low last week. It felt as if I were channeling my parents as I heard myself complaining about how I miss the […]
Perfect timing
Hillel GoldbergOct 08, 2009
RABBI Isaac Bruk sees blessing and curse in timing. Esau was sent on a hunt by his father Isaac. Esau thought the provisions he would bring back would guarantee his...
Unexpected results
Hillel GoldbergOct 01, 2009
JACOB Tessler, who lived in Jerusalem, had a large family 10 children. However, he lived in a very small apartment of two bedrooms, one for him and his wife
