Israel’s Gordian knot
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 23, 2022
Israel seems to be entangled in what the ancient Greeks called a Gordian Knot, an intractable problem that is difficult to untangle.
Summer Shabbat blues
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 16, 2022
In these long sweltering Shabbats, when the endless hot afternoons seem never ending, I feel like the late afternoon part of the day hits this limbo kind of state....
“Hello darkness, my old friend . . .”
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 09, 2022
The story behind Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence."
Intersection of Shavuot and Six Day War
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 02, 2022
This year the holiday of Shavuot falls exactly on the anniversary of the start of the Six Day War, in 1967.
Collect call
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 26, 2022
When I saw a news clip yesterday showing the last pay phone in New York City being removed, boy was I disappointed and sad!
Mob justice
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 19, 2022
The death of a journalist in the line of duty is tragic. The death of Shireen Abu Akleh, caught in the crossfire in Jenin, is tragic.
From the hospital bed to the nation’s heart
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 05, 2022
On a week that encompasses two special days of commemoration and celebration of modern day Israel, a week that is meant to embody unity of purpose and peoplehood, it’s...
The lens of negative space
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 28, 2022
The week after Passover is always Holocaust Memorial week.
Where the streets were filled with Passover
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 21, 2022
There is no holiday that evokes nostalgia like Passover. When I talk about my Jerusalem Passover memories, it sounds like I am talking about a 1920s shtetl.
Yearning for redemption
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 14, 2022
As I sit here today on Friday, April 8, the eve of Shabbat ha-Gadol, to pen my Passover column, what can I possibly share as Passover inspiration?
