Columns
Ruth wasn’t a movie
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 28, 2020
I was on an El Al flight to Israel a couple of summers ago when one of the inflight entertainment films caught my attention. “Les Gardiennes,” or “The...
Down the rabbit hole
Shana GoldbergMay 28, 2020
I love a good conspiracy theory. While I’ve never crossed over to fully believing any, I like going down the rabbit hole and eventually hitting the inevitable logical...
A life of contradictions
Hillel GoldbergMay 21, 2020
I have never seen so much pain, nor had so much gratitude. I have never experienced so much quiet, yet been so aware of the news. I have never had so much kindness from...
Why you need your ancestors
Mark FearerMay 21, 2020
After an 11-year hiatus, I’m restarting this genealogy column in the IJN, because the interest in finding and acknowledging our ancestors has grown even more. I would...
Our Chernobyl
Shana GoldbergMay 21, 2020
There’s a great scene in the series I just finished watching, “Deutschland 86.” A member of the East German foreign intelligence discovers high levels of radiation...
Streets, porches, balconies
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 21, 2020
As I was leaving a house in Brooklyn this past week, out on the street, I noticed the host on his front balcony. I turned to thank him again when he nodded his head and...
Be careful what you pray for
Hillel GoldbergMay 14, 2020
All of my prayers have been answered. I was not careful what I prayed for. I prayed that we return to the pre-9/11 days when there were no security lines. My prayer has...
Crossings
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 14, 2020
It seems we turned a corner in our coronavirus crucible. Whereas until now the word we’ve been living with is “lockdown,” now the word that’s buzzing is...
Prophecy (un)fulfilled
Shana GoldbergMay 14, 2020
As I read Rabbi Sacks’ column this week, a section jumped out at me. Sacks recounts the story of Jonah, who was told by G-d to warn the people of Nineveh that if...
COVID-19 ethics — fighting the last war
Hillel GoldbergMay 07, 2020
Last week a group of distinguished physicians wrote a letter to the IJN noting with satisfaction that all of the heinous distinctions that the Nazis imposed during the...
