Arbeit Macht Frei
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 23, 2020
Arbeit Macht Frei — those infamous, arched words, fashioned out of steel — that wrought iron gate at the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp, the largest...
Iranian protesters deserve better — from us
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 16, 2020
It’s a study in contradictions. The extremist progressive youth of the American University. And the extremist progressive youth of the Iranian university. Both groups...
From halva to ma’amoulim
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 09, 2020
When I was growing up in Jerusalem, Israel was practically a third world country. Since then, remarkably, Israel has leap frogged into today’s “Startup Nation.”...
Anti-Semitism that doesn’t fit the narrative
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 02, 2020
The recent and rapid escalation of anti-Semitic attacks unleashed in the New York metropolitan area is horrifying, almost reaching epidemic levels. It seems like every...
The Menorah
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 26, 2019
Ever since I was introduced to the poignant story “The Menorah,” published in 1897 by Theodor (Binyamin Zev) Herzl, I always think of it at the end of Chanukah,...
My menorahs
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 19, 2019
CHANUKAH 5780 SECTION E PAGE 23 When I think of the different Chanukah menorahs I’ve lit over my life, it feels like they represents the places I was at in my life, be...
The loathsome symbol
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 12, 2019
It’s not often that you see a photograph that epitomizes the adage “a photo is worth a thousand words.” Every once in a while, though, just such a photo comes...
Israel resolved its refugee problem
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 05, 2019
Danny Danon, Israeli’s ambassador to the UN, wants to introduce a new resolution to the General Assembly on behalf of 850,000 forgotten Jews who were forced to flee...
A small donation, a large meditation
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 21, 2019
Browsing Facebook this week I came across a gofundme fundraiser, posted by someone I know, an observant Jewish man. It was for someone he personally knows, a single...
Should we condemn bin Laden’s assassination?
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 14, 2019
The sirens in southern Israel are wailing again. Families are running for their lives in their narrow multi-second window of time to bomb shelters yet again. In reaction...
