View from Denver
People don’t exist anymore
Hillel GoldbergJul 27, 2017
Have you noticed? “People” don’t exist anymore. I do not recall a single instance in which President Obama referred to “people.” He always preferred...
Whoever dies with the most fonts wins
Hillel GoldbergJul 20, 2017
“Whoever dies with the most fonts wins.” This adorned a poster by a former IJN graphics designer. I was reminded of this when I heard a recent pitch on the radio...
Mosul’s anguish — and our own
Hillel GoldbergJul 13, 2017
I recoil. And I am not even there. Mosul, finally liberated. ISIS, finally robbed of virtually all of its territory. ISIS’ caliphate, dead. “Islamic State in...
The intergenerational Bar Mitzvah
Hillel GoldbergJul 06, 2017
Bar and Bat Mitzvahs are intergenerational, something I grasped but obliquely at my own Bar Mitzvah. My Bar Mitzvah was about me. I was the one who worked hard, who...
No more ‘greatest generation’ — why?
Hillel GoldbergJun 29, 2017
No “boots on the ground.” This is the assumption behind all American political, diplomatic and military policy. Why? Of course, there are American boots on the...
What is happening to our country?
Hillel GoldbergJun 22, 2017
What is happening to our country? Something much larger than a radical polarization between left and right. Nazi analogies inevitably fail not only because, contra...
Too old to crawl like a rat into a dark hole
Hillel GoldbergJun 15, 2017
Everybody is talking about how the Six Day War changed Israel forever. It’s true, but it’s also not true. There is no better evidence for the enduring...
Every breath makes a difference
Hillel GoldbergJun 08, 2017
JERUSALEM — Every breath, every step, every word, every glance, every blessing recited, every mile traveled, every moment, makes a difference. In the Holy Land, every...
Self-repairing potholes
Hillel GoldbergJun 02, 2017
I can’t wait until self-driving cars dominate the roads, not because I want one myself. I actually like to drive and won’t let anybody take away my steering wheel,...
Speechless on Shavuos
Hillel GoldbergMay 25, 2017
Props. Rituals. Everywhere. Rosh Hashanah — shofar. Sukkos — lulav, etrog, sukkah. Chanukah? Candles. Tu b’Shevat: trees. Passover: matzah. The Jewish calendar...
