Dov Goldstein

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Oct 2, 2024, 9:22 PM

A New Year’s Revolution

Tomorrow, I am asking for your birthday wishes. Not online, not in person, and not even for me. Instead, please send your wishes to the birthday buddy I never knew, Hersh Goldberg-Polin z”l. Like my own kids, Hersh attended Mamad HaRova...

Sep 2, 2024, 12:05 PM

On Fandom and Fatherhood

I spent October 7th playing Nok Hockey. As the awful updates trickled in on that fateful Shabbat morning, it quickly became apparent that we would not be leaving our apartment as planned. Instead, we passed the time with Shabbat-friendly indoor...

Sep 5, 2014, 3:42 AM

The Botoxed Face of Jewish Pride

Once Upon a Shabbaton, I heard a story about a disgruntled Rabbi, slighted upon learning that a 400-pound oaf would be his bunkmate in the afterlife. The Rabbi met the man, and upon finding no redeeming qualities in him,...

Aug 3, 2014, 6:50 AM

Mashiach’s Tweet

An updated spin on a Tisha B'Av classic 'Twas the night of redemption and all through the cloud,vast opinions were swirling extreme and aloud.As the Aibishter peered through His people's news feed,He decided it's time that Mashiach's decreed. He appeared in...

Jul 27, 2014, 5:50 PM

My Tourist Proposal

Disclosure: Author has no financial interests to disclose. I simply have a vested interest in boosting the economy and morale of my new home. As the sun sets this evening, the Nine Days set in. Culminating in the Fast of...

Jul 23, 2014, 6:50 PM

Live for others and you will live again

My internal monologue from Max Steinberg's funeral. What should I wear? What is considered appropriate military funeral attire? It's Israel, so I guess anything goes. Still, the family is American, so I should be respectful. I guess dress shorts and...

Jul 4, 2014, 7:37 PM

This week in who lost the Internet

Presenting the worst offenders who shattered our national unity, toxic blog post after toxic blog post

Jul 1, 2014, 5:37 PM

An Open Letter to Israel’s Finest Ambassadors

Below is a letter I that sent to my classmates who began their medical residencies in the United States today: Dear Friends, In a few short hours, you will begin your lives as residents. I want to wish you good luck...

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About Me

Dov Goldstein arrived in 2009 to study medicine at Technion with the intention of returning to North America after med school. He fell in love with the country and its people (especially the one he married), and decided to stay here for good.