Yossy Goldman
ARTICLES BY: Yossy Goldman
Lighting Up the World
JNS.org - A fellow was shipwrecked on a faraway island and barely managed to survive. Finally, after a long time, a ship passed by, and...
Bread, Bucks, and Making a Living
Man does not live by bread alone. A famous line (it even figured prominently in an ad for a burger chain some years ago),...
‘Your Money or Your Life?’
Judaism's most famous Prayer comes from this week's Parsha (Bible portion). Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. Hear O Israel, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is...
Memory
Devarim is the Parsha (Bible portion) associated with Tisha B'Av, the Jewish National Day of Mourning. On this Shabbos, we hear the famous Haftarah of...
The Power of Prayer
A fellow was boasting about what a good citizen he was and what a refined, disciplined lifestyle he led. "I don't smoke, I don't drink,...
Is Everything OK?
Once upon a time, in the days of Moses and the Jews in the Wilderness, the Moabite women were seducing young Jewish men. The Almighty...
A Lousy Excuse
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse," we are told. Try explaining to the traffic cop that you simply never knew crossing a red light...
Conduct Unbecoming
A life sentence for jaywalking? Twenty years for chewing gum in public?! Singapore notwithstanding, surely that's over the top. Well, was it so different for Moses,...
Sportsmen or Spectators?
Are you a spectator or a participant? Will you only watch your favorite English club play, or do you sometimes kick a ball yourself? A few...
Heads Up!
Perspective. What a difference it can make. How we look, where we look and the way we look at things always colors our impressions. In this...
Path of Least Resistance?
By now you have surely recovered from Pesach (Passover) so we can break the news to you that there is also a Second Pesach. But...
Shavuot – Of Life and Logos
Everything in life is luck, Donald Trump is reputed to have once said with uncharacteristic humility. And for a change, the great Rabbis of Talmudic...
Wisdom From the Wilderness
"Numbers" might be how we call the fourth of the Five Books of Moses, but in the Hebrew original it is known as Bemidbar, or,...
Is G-d Punishing Me?
My cholesterol is sky high, the boss is unhappy with my performance, my wife is threatening to leave and now the lousy car broke down....
