A body, a nation, pierced
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 20, 2018
There are turning points in life, and the murder of Ari Fuld, in the junctures of my life, is one of them. Tens of thousands of hearts around the world were breaking as...
Astonishing stories of return
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 13, 2018
As we approach this Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath that falls between the “inscribing” of Rosh Hashanah and the “sealing” of Yom Kippur, teshuva, loosely translated...
Eulogy for a little bird
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION D PAGE 19 With the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur season upon us, it is that time of year when the central philosophical question —...
To repair with gold
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 30, 2018
For a while now, I’ve been intrigued by Japanese culture. It was at a Thanksgiving dinner where I was a guest a number of years ago when somehow the conversation...
Elul alchemy
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 23, 2018
I wasn’t ready for it. I opened Facebook and began reading a friend’s status that appeared on my screen: “As I do every Fall, I double checked the emergency box...
Dear Mr. Lauder
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 16, 2018
This past Monday, The New York Times ran an opinion piece penned by the honorable Mr. Ronald Lauder, chairman of World Jewish Congress. Mr. Lauder is known for his...
Honorary grandfather of Colorado sports
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 09, 2018
Looking back, like into the frame of a photo from long ago, I wish I had noticed what Jerry Mellman was like in the moments he was photographing sports players in...
‘Two’ heroines? No.
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 02, 2018
Ahed Tamimi, the teen Palestinian who beat up IDF soldiers (captured on camera) was released from Israeli prison after eight months of incarceration. She thrives on...
New York City fountain walk
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 26, 2018
Having had grandparents in Brooklyn, I had been coming to New York my whole life. But it was only as a newly minted New York City university student, with a first time...
Blindness . . . Dialogue in the Dark
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 19, 2018
One of the arcs of my one-week trip to Israel was the World Cup. By now we all know, France won. But on my final night in Jerusalem, as I emerged from the lobby of the...
