View from Israel
Why should I go South?
Chaim GoldbergMay 09, 2024
“Why should I go to the South?” So went the voice in my head when hearing about Diaspora Jews taking 20% of the time on their solidarity trips to tour Israel’s...
Rescue: heroism, innovation, horrors
Chaim GoldbergApr 03, 2024
The story of United Hatzalah’s growth is told in 90 Seconds (Artscroll), Beer’s gripping memoir. The trailblazing tale of how a middle school dropout became CEO of...
Hearts feel hearts — Standing Together
Chaim GoldbergFeb 29, 2024
Shai Graucher is an indefatigable chesed machine who, in the wake of Oct. 7, founded Standing Together, an organization that has provided support at a level surpassed...
Scholar? Polymath? Renaissance Man?
Chaim GoldbergFeb 01, 2024
Scholar? Polymath? Renaissance man? One struggles to come up with a word that encapsulates Rabbi Dr. Professor Avraham Steinberg. A growing number of people today are...
Powerful emotions: Denverites volunteer in Israel
Chaim GoldbergJan 03, 2024
On the ground in Israel, Chaim Goldberg speaks with Denverites Rich Sokol, Rabbi Barry Gelman, Dr. Shevie Kassai, Dr. Mervyn Lifschitz about their experiences...
Releasing the emotional numbness of Oct. 7
Chaim GoldbergDec 14, 2023
Since Oct. 8, I have been emotionally numbed. Little did I imagine it would take a transatlantic trip to Colorado for the deep freeze of my emotions to thaw, at least...
Ten questions to ask about Israel and Hamas
Chaim GoldbergNov 29, 2023
Many people (myself included) have written some version of “10 facts to know about Israel/Hamas.”
Is Israel’s new and striking unity genuine?
Chaim GoldbergNov 02, 2023
Like most, I had never heard of Kibbutz Be’eri until this Sukkot. The only difference is I first heard of it on Oct. 3, a mere four days before the world heard about...
As school begins, thinking of Amir and Tali
Chaim GoldbergOct 05, 2023
The excitement is palpable. Scores of children are walking down the streets, new backpacks in tow, a bounce in their steps. It is September 1 — the long-awaited first...
Mainly, Yom Kippur is not about forgiveness
Chaim GoldbergAug 31, 2023
The goal of the High Holidays is not to apologize or to be granted forgiveness. The goal of the High Holiday season is to return to G-d, to return to our friends, family...
