View from Denver
Flight of the alone to the Alone
Hillel GoldbergFeb 20, 2014
WHAT is prayer? It is the defeat of the illusion of human community. For the human condition, as the Greek philosopher Plotinus said, is the flight of the alone to...
Where is G-d?
Hillel GoldbergFeb 13, 2014
WHERE is G-d? The Kotzker Rebbe answered, wherever you let Him in. Its a poignant response, but it really answers a different question, where is G-dliness?...
The timely absence of Moses
Hillel GoldbergFeb 06, 2014
FROM the time of his birth until the end of the Torah, Moses is mentioned in every Torah portion except one: this one. The question is twofold: Why should Moses...
The first Michaelangelo — 3,000 years ago
Hillel GoldbergJan 30, 2014
MICHELANGELO once observed that painting is the art of putting on, while sculpture is the art of taking away. The sculpted image is right there in the block of marble...
Does the Bible believe in slavery?
Hillel GoldbergJan 23, 2014
DOES the Hebrew Bible the Torah believe in slavery? The answer seems straightforward. This weeks Torah portion opens (Exodus 21:2-6): If you buy a Jewish eved...
Crossing the Red Sea
Hillel GoldbergJan 09, 2014
APPROXIMATELY 46 years ago, when I was a student at Yeshiva University, I sat for an exam with Rabbi Mendel Zaks. On one level, the scene was surrealistic, perhaps even...
Why is rosh chodesh the first mitzvah?
Hillel GoldbergJan 02, 2014
Rabbi Hillel Goldbergs Torah column is this week written by guest columnist Chaim M. Goldberg, a sophomore at Yeshiva University. IN this weeks Torah portion,...
Territorial Imperative: forward to the past
Hillel GoldbergDec 26, 2013
In The Territorial Impe In The Territorial Imperative, Robert Ardrey argues that a universal, primal instinct encompasses both the animal kingdom and humankind: the...
Denverite: ‘I survived Mengele six or seven times’
Hillel GoldbergDec 19, 2013
I COULDNT believe my ears. If I read the body language correctly, my interlocutors level of belief wasnt much greater. After all, it is now 68 years since the end...
Is there one G-d or three?
Hillel GoldbergDec 12, 2013
BASED on the headline of this column, the reader might think it is about Christianity. It is not. Rather, in many contexts, Judaism speaks of the G-d of Abraham, the...
