View from Denver
Barry Curtiss-Lusher, national chair of the ADL
Hillel GoldbergApr 11, 2013
TO the best of my memory, Denver Jewry has produced three heads of major national Jewish organizations: Bob Loup, head of UJA; Sheldon K. Beren, head of Torah Umesorah;...
The more things change . . .
Hillel GoldbergApr 04, 2013
Change a couple of names, and nothing has changed in 76 years. Preparing for the IJNs 100th anniversary keepsake magazine (due out June 24, 2013), I ran across a front...
Not your grandfather’s Reform Judaism
Hillel GoldbergMar 29, 2013
The power of sharing Rabbi Daniel Freelander is a man with a mission to convince Reform Judaism to prepare for the coming, major changes in the movement. Reform Judaism...
It’s different from procrastination
Hillel GoldbergMar 21, 2013
DOES anyone else have this problem? I only get things done when Im supposed to be doing something else. Not always, but complication seems to be congenial. Did this...
Too late to say thank you
Hillel GoldbergJan 24, 2013
TRUE enough, there is much indeed, an overabundance of happy moments to recall. Absurd moments. Fun. Craziness. Youthful hijinks. Also, deep discussions, and...
The small things can make a difference
Hillel GoldbergJan 17, 2013
If youre going bankrupt, facing a terrible medical diagnosis, or have just come from a funeral, this might not be the best message for you. Then again, maybe its...
In our dark time
Hillel GoldbergJan 10, 2013
We live in a dark time I hear this all around me. Shootings in Aurora and Newtown. Bone-chilling testimony in the Aurora case. Blood swishing in the bottom of...
The private language of crossword puzzles
Hillel GoldbergJan 03, 2013
THERES English and all the rest of the languages on this planet. Then there are the private languages. I refer not to the secret codes between married couples, the...
Mirrors from a traveler’s diary
Hillel GoldbergDec 27, 2012
I HAVE traveled and listened traveled to the Holy Land and to New York and listened to deep and different stories. I traveled to a simcha in Israel and […]
I control the United States’ economy
Hillel GoldbergDec 12, 2012
I control the United States economy. This is not boasting. Not delusional. Not the ravings of an insane, messianic pretender. This is not rocket science. This is...