Gaza is hell on earth — why?
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 17, 2018
When I was a little girl, living a sheltered religious childhood where profanity was unheard and unacceptable, whenever I would hear people speak of “Aza,” Gaza in...
The illusion of safety
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 10, 2018
We are living in historic times. Personally, I’ve never understood why it’s significant whether America has its embassy in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. We know Jerusalem...
More like a flashing sign
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 03, 2018
The older I get, the more I understand about how painful a place the biblical ir miklat, the city of refuge, or sanctuary city, was. According to the Book of Numbers,...
Natalie Portman, meet David Grossman
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 26, 2018
Sometimes a cluster of unrelated events transpiring in close succession seem to have an invisible dialogue all its own. This past week seems to have been just such a...
For all these . . .
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 19, 2018
Celebrating Israel’s 70th from afar is, for me, indeed, bittersweet. Not too far off, I hope to be able to live the words of hashiveini v’ashuva el ha-aretz ha-tova,...
If it’s too good to be true — sometimes it is
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 05, 2018
Sometimes you hear about someone only after he or she has left this world, and you so badly wish you had had the opportunity to meet them face to face in their lifetime....
They have stolen Pesach from us!
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 29, 2018
PASSOVER EDITION 5778 SECTION C PAGE 19 I’ve been inundated with them. The many social media posts about Pesach holiday cleaning. Some have been anxiety ridden, most,...
Pesach speed takes a long time
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 22, 2018
I feel like I never eat so well, or at least so creatively, as the weeks leading to Pesach. Between cleaning out the pantry, the fridge and the freezer, there are many...
Squawking at Eurovision
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 15, 2018
I was just a little girl when I first watched the Eurovision song contest. Yet I remember it like it was yesterday. With no TV at home, we had the privilege of staying...
Charoset: Passover’s ‘everydish’
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 08, 2018
It’s funny how the moment Purim reaches its conclusion, the switch to Pesach is immediate. Plans shift into high gear. Nonetheless, it’s probably too early to start...
