Columns
Bridges
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 24, 2009
Gesher tzar meod The world is a very narrow bridge (Rebbe Nachman of Breslov) FOR 10 days now, our lives are just a little bit different from any other...
Differences of opinions
Yisroel & Shloime EngelSep 24, 2009
Dear Tzviling, Your column especially the one about the seven habits of successful shidduchim inspired me to write to you. You see, Im going out with a very...
How not to get fat over the holidays
Hillel GoldbergSep 24, 2009
THEY say that half the childrens books are written for adults. When people say that kids will love this book, they (the adults) mean that they love it. Understanding...
Annual performance review of the soul
Amy LedermanSep 18, 2009
HOW many times have you been on a car trip with a small child and a squeaky, somewhat irritable voice emerges from the back seat only to ask: Are we […]
Must our kids shoot 3-pointers?
Sharon Duke EstroffSep 18, 2009
A FEW years back, I had an epiphany in the JCC bleachers. It was the playoffs in the second grade basketball league, and I was having a hard time concentrating
The archaeology of our lives on Rosh Hashanah
Hillel GoldbergSep 17, 2009
OUR memory plays tricks on us. We remember things one way, but they really werent that way.? We rarely see this clearly because the evidence is rarely available on...
Symbolic tastings
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 17, 2009
I JUST love the Rosh Hashanah table. To me, it is brimming with abundance, blessing and bounty. Every Jewish holiday is rich with food symbolism, and every holiday has...
Teshuvah, tefillah and tzedakah for the earth
Martin WestermanSep 17, 2009
HUMANS are miracles of creative energy. Since the Industrial Revolution dawned 150 years ago, we have devised wonderful inventions to improve and lengthen our lives,...
Steve Farber was ‘on the list’
Hillel GoldbergSep 10, 2009
On the List is a memoir of a kidney transplant and an analysis of the technological and policy issues in organ transplantation. The story is about Steve Farber and...
The symbolic womb
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 10, 2009
AFTER each sequence and series of the call and cry of the shofar, all of us together as a congregation, like a refrain, say, Hayom Harat Olam, translated literally,...
