Requirement to pray: tolerance of bloodshed
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 27, 2017
And so the legend in Jewish tradition goes: There were two brothers who together worked the earth on a piece of land they had inherited from their father. The brothers...
The modern day foxes
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 20, 2017
In these days leading up to Tisha b’Av (Aug. 1), the Temple Mount issue is really coming to a head. Under the cover of “holiness” and of “worship” at a place...
Atheists? No, ignoramuses
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 13, 2017
“Hadata” “hadata” “hadata.” It seems this is the hot topic in Israel these past couple of weeks. It means “religionization.” It doesn’t refer to...
No pediatric oncology unit in Jerusalem
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 06, 2017
While heated — echo chamber I might add — discussions are still taking place about where and how to pray at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the painful Hadassah...
Misleading headlines about the Kotel
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 29, 2017
When headlines started pouring in about Israel and Netanyahu rejecting the American Conservative and Reform communities by denying them a place to pray at the Kotel, I...
A fallen bird
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 22, 2017
For many years now I have made a concerted effort to be more punctual. I used to be terrible and I really worked on it. In my mind 10 or even 15 minutes was still within...
‘Wonder Woman,’ what the pull is
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 15, 2017
My taste in movies has always been very eclectic. I adore charming black and white vintage films. Well crafted war films. Foreign films. The rare sweet but not fluffy...
Hungarian melody
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 02, 2017
For Jewish Hungarian families, there is probably no more intense Holocaust remembrance time than Shavuos. It is unknown when exactly much of the Hungarian community was...
I canceled the Nesher
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 25, 2017
With all the Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) celebrations taking place, I figure one more Jerusalem column can’t hurt. Here’s a little vignette to illustrate my...
Jerusalem-ness accompanies me
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 18, 2017
I missed being born in Jerusalem by one year. We moved there when I was a year old. My birthplace is Boston. But I always felt I was “of Jerusalem,” or, as one would...
