Seth Greenberg

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Oct 6, 2020, 11:59 AM

Reality TV versus Reality

Earlier I had posted about my confrontation with an unmasked man (no lone ranger) on line at the entrance to a bank. More recently, my wife encountered two people who entered an enclosed store environment with their masks down....

Aug 3, 2020, 5:35 PM

Fate, Hope, and Loss of Control in time of Disease

Immersed in our collective “summer” of discontent, increasingly we feel the weight of confinement. This is not to suggest that options are unavailable, but rather that as we make choices about what to do, whom to see, where to...

Jul 21, 2020, 4:30 PM

It’s my birthday and I ‘ll cry if I want to

I turned seventy-three a week ago. On or about my birthday greetings and congratulatory notes began arriving. Quite a few notes arrived. Now there were the expected congratulatory statements from family, and a few friends, but more impressively or...

Jul 13, 2020, 2:25 PM

Last week, I had a confrontation of sorts. While waiting on line outside my bank to have my temperature taken in preparation for entry, a man took a position behind me. This English speaker, in an effort to assure...

Jul 5, 2020, 12:57 PM

Destruction of Statues: A Jewish Response

Do statues inform history? Amidst the controversy over the tearing down of statues, appears the opposition argument to such action that to do so is to rob a country of its history. In particular, President Trump has claimed that...

Dec 31, 2013, 7:00 PM

ASA is not following an academic path

Fortunately, many have taken issue with the American Studies Association (ASA) move to boycott Israeli higher education. A clear response in opposition to the ASA’s position was provided by numerous colleges and universities as well academic umbrella organizations. The...

Oct 1, 2013, 7:19 PM

Republican tactics in the U.S. Congress

I offer a brief column about Republican tactics in the U.S. Congress. It serves as a warning to Israel on a few levels. Currently, the Tea Party (extreme right wing of the Republican party) is holding up the implementation...

Aug 22, 2013, 11:42 PM

Sometimes Nothing is Correct-But You Have to Try

In the U.S. there is a lot of gnashing of teeth, political accusatory behavior, regrets, and prognostications. None of this is very helpful. The subject is Egypt, but also Syria, Iraq, etc. Whereas there is certainly reason for sober...

Aug 15, 2013, 8:35 PM

Palestinians have pressure too.

Last week Israel sent a drone to attack Islamic terrorists in the Sinai and five were killed. These terrorists were presumed to be formulating an attack on Eilat’s airport. However, that aspect of the story is not the real...

Jul 21, 2013, 9:16 PM

Okay, I get the bit about wanting to put pressure on Israel to negotiate with the PA. Indeed, you are getting tired of Israel’s foot dragging as it appears to be laying the groundwork for further West Bank expansion....

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About Me

Seth Greenberg has a PhD in experimental psychology and human cognition. He held two Endowed Chairs at private institutions in the United States, and held a position of Visiting Scholar at Haifa University. He has published about fifty articles and chapters in several books including a chapter in a book on academic perspective on Genesis. He's also received about 1 million dollars worth of grants and lives in Jerusalem with his wife. He has three married daughters, one of whom lives in Israel.

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