View from Denver
Sin and memory: From shul to Babi Yar Park
Hillel GoldbergSep 27, 2012
FROM Shabbos to Sunday, Sept. 22 to 23; from the East Denver Orthodox Synagogue to the Babi Yar memorial; from Rabbi Amsel to Prof. Shneer. Shabbos. Arent sin and...
Bin Laden was not ‘brought to justice’
Hillel GoldbergSep 20, 2012
This is not a political column. Like every other American, I hope the killers of the US ambassador to Libya will be caught, tried, convicted and punished. Likewise, I am...
The body is also part of the soul
Hillel GoldbergSep 13, 2012
If I even mention the subject of this article up front, the chances are youll roll your eyes and stop reading right now. So I shall introduce this delicate ...
Who shall live and who shall die
Hillel GoldbergSep 06, 2012
WHEN I met Frank Talmage, his legend was growing. He had just been appointed the first editor of the journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. He had a reputation...
‘May his name be blotted out’
Hillel GoldbergJul 26, 2012
THE best thing President Obama has done in his time in office, in my opinion, was making a point of not mentioning the name of the killer in Aurora, Colorado. […]
Humanitarian crisis in Syria
Hillel GoldbergJul 19, 2012
I USED to laugh, too, when people would suggest that the US might someday put the UN above its own national interests. I used to laugh, too, during the 2008 […]
Why some people are cynical about the Talmud
Hillel GoldbergJul 12, 2012
In passing conversation I hear misconceptions about the Talmud. More broadly, I hear things about Jewish law that do not fit the reality. This is natural, for if people...
Deep soul: Knuckleball in search of a period
Hillel GoldbergJul 05, 2012
I once told a friend. Not only did I like your book. I read it. Im making an exception. I just heard of Wherever I Wind Up a few days […]
Sparks of wisdom
Hillel GoldbergJun 28, 2012
Appearance: One Saturday night, as Rabbi Joseph Jozel was making Havdalah, shots were being fired in his yard. But his hand did not tremble, and not a drop spilled from...
It has become polite to be rude
Hillel GoldbergJun 21, 2012
Lets say I am sitting in the front row of a business seminar; or I am at a lecture; or I am in shul listening to a sermon. I am […]
