In good families
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 17, 2019
The crazy thing is, I have a friend on Facebook whose friend is a murderer. When you go to my Facebook friend’s page, the top message is to the other friend:...
Airport prayers
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 10, 2019
It’s the night before Yom Kippur and I’m at the airport traveling back from Denver to New York. As I am walking through the airport, the escalators to security,...
The power of one breath
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION D PAGE 19 “May you be inscribed in the book of life” is the blessing we wish one another as we stand at the cusp of each new year....
Time for unity
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 19, 2019
The jokes addressing the as-of-now stalemate result in Israeli elections are starting to roll in. Just an example, someone posted “I’m going to sleep. Wake me up...
Where have 18 years gone?
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 12, 2019
With all my Denver-ness and Israeli-ness, on 9/11 I’m a New Yorker. While all of us Americans stand shoulder to shoulder in memory of this terrible day of violent...
How could they? How?
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 05, 2019
I kept hearing about the newly released HBO series, “Our Boys,” whose title is code for evoking the painful summer of 2014. While I’m not much of a TV viewer, it...
The maternal love of Elul
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 29, 2019
September 1. This date is branded on every Israeli child as the first day of school. It doesn’t matter that I left Israel after 8th grade. No matter where I am in the...
Tlaib, straight out of ‘Saturday Night Live’
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 22, 2019
Initially, when Israel formally barred congresswomen Tlaib and Omar from entering Israel, I thought it was a terrible mistake. Of course, these congresswomen’s enmity...
Peach-y keen
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 15, 2019
Usually, what’s most associated with Colorado are features or activities such as powdery snow (pow-pow), skiing, gracefully elegant aspen trees, beautiful, strong...
Listen to these pictures
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 08, 2019
When words fail, there are photos. Hence the famous adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Sometimes, if the emotional content is so sensitive or complex, a...
