It’s for the birds
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 26, 2020
I’ve never been a bird watcher. Birding is a “thing” here in New York City, especially in my neck of the woods, as many bird watchers flock to the part of Central...
Around the table
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 19, 2020
Seeing as so many of the articles in the news are about how can people approach or celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in our current COVID climate, I am thrown...
As if one dramatic loss were not enough
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 12, 2020
We made a pact before Friday night Shabbos dinner. No politics. Some guests were liberals, some conservatives, and with the tension of the election still suspended in...
A republic, if you can keep it
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 05, 2020
As I pen this column, the winner of the presidential election is still unknown, the candidates are neck-and-neck. Regardless of who wins, it seems this was a very tight...
The sky is the limit
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 29, 2020
Even though we still see summer leaves, now burnished burgundy and gold, stubbornly clinging, once the first snowfall touches down, once that long, incessantly rainy...
I want to imagine a world…
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 22, 2020
Every year we read the story of Noah, the flood, and the ark. But never in our generation have we read this Torah portion as we ourselves living through what can feel...
A descendant of slaves rises
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 15, 2020
News is released that Israeli actress Gal Gadot landed a starring role, playing Cleopatra, the famed queen of the Nile, and, predictably, the reaction is, a kerfuffle....
Where did all the unity go?
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 08, 2020
I’m worried. About Israel. It’s hard to watch the second wave of COVID-19 unfolding there and not feel anxious. This past week was October 6. It marked the...
Still uniquely Sukkot
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 01, 2020
Each year the rhythms of the holidays and the Jewish calendar define our days and are meant to nurture within us different lessons and meanings that we can integrate...
Ruth and Antonin
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 24, 2020
To experience the country’s sense of profound awe and loss over one of the nine highest legal jurists in the land through the very Jewish prism of Rosh Hashanah and of...
