Intermountain Jewish News

Jerusalem 50

Yossi Fried, top row, second from left, with his unit in 1967.
Jerusalem 50

Denverite in the war in 1967

Israel has changed, but the memories of 1967 have not. At least not if you served in that decisive war. The politics have colored the intervening years. Was this war, …

Hillel Goldberg
Rabbi Shlomo Goren blows the shofar at the liberated Western Wall. June 10, 1967. (David Rubinger)
Jerusalem 50

Suddenly

It didn’t seem particularly unusual at the time. It just seemed like a workable — and free — living arrangement. But in May-June, 1968, I was one of only two …

Hillel Goldberg