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Editor’s Desk

What did you do during the pandemic?

What did you do during the pandemic?

Posted on: June 8th, 2020 | 16 Sivan 5780 by Rob Golub

Young people of the world, I bring you the most annoying article ever. Parents and grandparents of the world, I bring you an article that may be forwarded to young people, if you have the courage. Someday, someone is going to ask you, what did you do during the pandemic in summer? The best answer […]

Can we keep some things from the coronavirus era?

Can we keep some things from the coronavirus era?

Posted on: April 29th, 2020 | 5 Iyyar 5780 by Rob Golub

Sweetness abounds. I donated something to a healthcare worker. It was a small thing, really. Her eyes glistened. A Richards Elementary School caravan made its way through my Whitefish Bay neighborhood, two dozen cars honking. Teachers waved from the decorated cars at kids on the lawn across the street from me. Speaking of across the […]

Passover in trying times

Passover in trying times

Posted on: April 3rd, 2020 | 9 Nisan 5780 by Rob Golub

This is not a direct parallel, but I remember, back on Sept. 11, 2001, I was a newspaper reporter driving in to work in the morning. I was the only reporter with a cell phone, and my editor called. He told me to head to Mitchell International Airport, where I found hundreds standing around a […]

Forget the world. Let’s talk about books.

Forget the world. Let’s talk about books.

Posted on: March 27th, 2020 | 2 Nisan 5780 by Rob Golub

Dr. Rob here, unlicensed and unafraid to tell you that you really should turn off that TV and read a book. Yes, yes, I’m the media. I know, I’m supposed to tell you to keep up to date with our LATE BREAKING NEWS. Well, the whole world has gone batty, so what’s one more contradiction? […]

Opinion: Who to add to the Jewish 100? Update the book on influential Jews?

Opinion: Who to add to the Jewish 100? Update the book on influential Jews?

Posted on: March 2nd, 2020 | 6 Adar 5780 by Rob Golub

  The most influential Jew is Moses. This, according to “The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time.” If we were to update this 1994 book by Michael Shapiro for 2020, would we have new entries? After thousands of years of civilization, can modern culture truly produce a few more […]

Why I walked out of ‘JoJo Rabbit’ and loved ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’

Posted on: January 30th, 2020 | 4 Shevat 5780 by Rob Golub

If this is a review, it can only be a half-review. I walked out of “JoJo Rabbit” soon after JoJo, a non-Jewish child in Nazi Germany, discovers a Jew living in secret behind his walls. Wish me luck. I now arrive to pan the film that the majority deems funny and knowing. It’s certified fresh […]

Opinion: Thoughts for a dark time

Opinion: Thoughts for a dark time

Posted on: December 30th, 2019 | 2 Tevet 5780 by Rob Golub

  For most of us, our daily lives aren’t impacted much, but we can feel the darkness.  It’s a heaviness in the air, pumped in by the anger of those who hate us for nothing. “It’s just a very sad feeling because of the baseless hatred that someone has for someone they don’t even know,” […]

Opinion / Dear Marvel Comics: Suicide bombs are bad

Posted on: December 2nd, 2019 | 4 Kislev 5780 by Rob Golub

As some of you know, I’m a huge comic book geek. I don’t read a lot of the modern superhero comics, yet I was interested in Marvel’s ongoing relaunch of the X-Men titles. The X-Men comics and movies are now owned by the same company – Disney – for the first time in a long […]

America should not abandon the Kurds

Posted on: November 8th, 2019 | 10 Heshvan 5780 by Rob Golub

President Trump’s decision to abandon our U.S. allies, the Kurds, is a grave error. There are two problems with it. First, we are on the wrong side. It’s a matter of right and wrong. The Kurds are – or are least have been – U.S. allies who fought for many years against Saddam Hussein and […]

Editor’s Desk: A Jewish New Yorker’s guide to Wisconsin (and how Hillary lost)

Editor’s Desk: A Jewish New Yorker’s guide to Wisconsin (and how Hillary lost)

Posted on: September 6th, 2019 | 6 Elul 5779 by Rob Golub

I’m a Jewish New Yorker who has become a Wisconsinite. I spent about half my life living on Long Island, in a Forest Hills apartment, and in a couple lower Manhattan apartments. The second half has been spent in West Allis, Franklin and on the North Shore of Milwaukee. For the first half of my […]