View from Denver
A spiritual treat: Shabbos with Rabbi Wachsman
Hillel GoldbergDec 03, 2009
HAS a piece of music ever brought you to laughter? Not me. This doesnt happen, at least in my experience. Yet, music can bring a person to tears. So can […]
Staff
Hillel GoldbergNov 26, 2009
ON this one, color me unobjective. I love this book, Staff, but maybe thats because I love the author. And the idea. By the idea, I dont mean the idea […]
How to talk to a neo-Nazi
Hillel GoldbergNov 19, 2009
A chance meeting with a neo-Nazi. An opportunity to impact a person's soul.
Why I will never give a penny to NPR
Hillel GoldbergNov 12, 2009
IF you think I am upset with National Public Radio because of the way it covers Israel, you are wrong. Because the way it covers Israel, it covers the rest […]
From generation to generation
Hillel GoldbergNov 05, 2009
WHAT does a great-grandparent know of his great-grandchild born the day after he dies? What does a child, told that his looks or mannerisms resemble the grandparent he...
Night workers
Hillel GoldbergOct 29, 2009
In Jerusalem, their eyes, their bodies, their lives tell you nothing. Some are bound up with the military or political establishment, while others are disengaged from...
Faster or slower?
Hillel GoldbergOct 22, 2009
HE is forgotten. And why not? He died in the 1700s. He left no wife or children. He left no property. Wrote no book. Painted no painting.
Werner and Lucie waited seven years
Hillel GoldbergOct 15, 2009
DR. Werner Prenzlau was a respected physician and mohel in Denver. Quite formal. Quite charming. Quite distinguished. He died in 2001. His wife Lucie, nee Spitzer, is a...
Perfect timing
Hillel GoldbergOct 08, 2009
RABBI Isaac Bruk sees blessing and curse in timing. Esau was sent on a hunt by his father Isaac. Esau thought the provisions he would bring back would guarantee his...
Unexpected results
Hillel GoldbergOct 01, 2009
JACOB Tessler, who lived in Jerusalem, had a large family 10 children. However, he lived in a very small apartment of two bedrooms, one for him and his wife
