The few against many
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 16, 2023
As our bus headed to Washington DC for the March for Israel crossed New York the state line, melting into the blazing gold and burgundy sunset colors of the beautiful...
This time, it’s up to us
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 09, 2023
What has felt common to both Israel and New York? The unity. The absolutely stunning unity of the Jewish people is electric in both Israel and in New York.
The trembling land of Israel
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 02, 2023
As I observe Israel, with tears in my eyes and a heightened sense of emotion, I find myself thinking, was that my last time?
We are all changed forever
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 26, 2023
When will this chain of bereavement notices, funeral notices or memorials end? Another beautiful face. Another photo. Another legend of a hero, soldier and civilian...
No one to sit shiva — thousands came
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 19, 2023
Grief and sorrow wallpapers Jerusalem, as a tragic collage of glued notices abound, as though shouting, ‘the world has gone awry!’ But all there is, is the silence...
Horror, pain, despair . . . and Jewish pride
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 12, 2023
To be honest, I feel mute, in the face of the enormity of this pogrom Israel is living through. I cannot believe all that has happened. “Shebechol dor v’dor” we...
Pondering Oslo
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 05, 2023
Marking three decades since Israel’s Oslo Accords, I recently came across a poll asking whether people thought the Oslo Accords were a mistake or not.
Beyond the sun
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 28, 2023
How curious that just following the season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, days that seem to endow our lives, our choices and our actions with such deep meaning, we...
Aneinu! Answer us!
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 21, 2023
The Viduy, the confessional prayers, so central to the Yom Kippur prayer service, invites us to acknowledge and explore our limits — but then we rise up.
Ten measures of beauty, of fragility, of hope
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 14, 2023
It’s been a special prelude to Rosh Hashanah for me. A first since I had moved from Israel 16 years ago. There I was again, steeped in the approach to Rosh Hashanah in...
