Saul Golubcow

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Jul 14, 2021, 6:27 PM

My fear drove me to Washington

Last Sunday, July 11, a typical, sweltering summer day in Washington, D. C., I traveled into our nation’s capital to attend the “NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People” against antisemitism. Why did I go? Partly, I went...

Oct 19, 2020, 12:26 AM

Marred In Cheshvan

In my New Jersey day school’s 5th grade religious studies class, Rabbi W. always kept our attention, mostly through an energized flow of bible stories, games around the Hebrew language, and dramatic excursions into Jewish history and culture. It...

May 19, 2020, 7:02 PM

The Dual Narrative Doesn’t Make Sense to Me: Let’s Talk About It

Like two people in a relationship fighting daily over multiple grievances only to learn later in counseling that they cannot work out their differences without first addressing the underlying sentiments driving their perspectives, so we American Jews stridently debate...

Apr 22, 2020, 2:33 AM

A Time to be Born

To borrow from Ecclesiastes, one of my favorite biblical texts, “to every thing there is a season” which includes “a time to be born” even in the midst of a world pandemic that has bitterly cost the lives of...

Jan 14, 2020, 8:21 PM

Charting Courses Against Anti-Semitism

Amidst the constant spate of anti-Semitic terror, I recently took note of a “master class” on how to respond to anti-Semitism run by the ADL. The stated objective of the class was to “get people to start thinking about...

Jan 2, 2020, 3:12 PM

Our Jewish Journey – the Road Well Traveled

In The Road not Taken, Robert Frost’s celebrated poem of America, The poet suggests that the spirit of the American journey is embodied in the traveler’s choice of the road “less traveled.” Since the journey serves as a meta...

Dec 18, 2019, 10:44 PM

Parshat Vayeshev’s Hidden Chapter

Every year as a child at my Jewish day school, as we made our way through the identity-building stories of Genesis, we would conclude Chapter 37 of Parshat Vayeshev with Joseph’s being sold into slavery, and our teachers would...

Sep 21, 2019, 12:47 AM

Reasoning with a J Street Student

I was disappointed and confused recently reading the New York Times story, “Touring the Israeli Occupation: Young U.S, Jews Get an Unflinching View” along with other personal accounts of the J Street sponsored “Let Our People Know” Jewish college...

Aug 20, 2019, 12:14 AM

Jewish grandparents: We are here

Having become the grandfather of two wonderful boys, cousins Nathan and Ilan, I was recently drawn to an article in Tablet entitled: “Valuing Jewish Grandparents.” The article reports on the work being done by the Jewish Grandparents Network (JGN),...

Jul 4, 2019, 6:59 PM

After Pittsburgh and Poway: the Failure of Our Own Fight Against Anti-Semitism

“What now after Pittsburgh?” asked a rash of media headlines last October after the Tree of Life massacre. Again, six months later in April, the same media questioning with added notes of frustration. Amidst the sadness of candlelight vigils...

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About Me

Saul Golubcow has published several pieces in Jewish weeklies and other Jewish forums. His subject matters have ranged from a well received piece called "The Noxious Notion of Jewish Privilege" to an article on bridging the political divide on "How We Can All Help AIPAC, to a book review of Yossi Klein Halevi's "Like Dreamers," a play review of "Bad Jews," and on the value of saying Kaddish. He can be reached at essgees123@gmail.com.