Columns
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,...
Your match
Yisroel & Shloime EngelSep 10, 2009
Dear Tzviling, I come from a traditional family and am in the process of looking for a shidduch. I am new at this and am not sure what to look […]
Needed: Calmer, more rational political discourse
Hillel GoldbergSep 03, 2009
OUR politics have become extreme.? The language we use about our opponents is disrespectful. The left-wing nut jobs who want to destroy the country, and the...
Wanderin’
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 03, 2009
YOU know how every night, for a few brief moments in the dark before you fall asleep it’s just you and your pillow and your thoughts . . . and […]
Elul in the Alps
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 27, 2009
As the full glow of the moon of Av wanes, it reappears new and just barely there: Elul. And so this week begins the journey of our inner work of […]
Life insurance
Yisroel & Shloime EngelAug 27, 2009
Dear Tzviling, Thank G-d I am enjoying good health as I celebrate my 60th birthday. I am scheduled for elective surgery shortly. I heard that according to Jewish...
Now Yale embarrasses the idea
Dennis PragerAug 20, 2009
When I was a graduate student at Columbia University in the early 1970s, I came to the then-tentative conclusion that I would probably never encounter a morally weaker,...
Age-old parenting lessons for new school year
Sharon Duke EstroffAug 20, 2009
The back-to-school season is, for all intents and purposes, a period of pure parental mayhem. From tracking down the coolest Batman or Barbie backpack on the block to...
