Passing it on
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 06, 2018
Burton Kaplan had nine lives; alas, he did not have ten. I don’t know anyone else who ever fought more serious illnesses, and more types of serious illnesses, over a...
As far as the eye can see
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 29, 2018
When I think of Chanukah in Jerusalem, I think of the fiery winter sunsets. Like a perfect magical signal that it’s time for kindling the Chanukah lamps, comes...
The loathsome symbol
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 21, 2018
What a painful week. “The Times, They Are A-Changin’,” as the famous lyrics by Bob Dylan go. The ugly tentacles of anti-Semitism have been coming out from all...
‘Mem’
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 15, 2018
I’ve been thinking a lot about “Mem,” the heroic Lt. Col. who was killed in a top secret intelligence gathering mission in Gaza, whose name is under military gag...
Honored
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 08, 2018
Whenever election season rolls around, and especially election day itself, I know this sounds so corny — but I genuinely do get that feel-good democracy vibe. Not to...
Look for the helpers
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 01, 2018
Bloodshed at a synagogue called Tree of Life. The painful irony. This coming Shabbat, just before the Torah is returned to the ark, when almost every Jewish congregation...
Future toxicity
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 25, 2018
I feel so worried about the situation on the Gaza border. Yet I rarely hear a peep about it in the news, even in the Israeli news cycle. Is this just the new normal...
My cherished friend Mrs. Weissbrot
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 18, 2018
Two years ago as Holocaust Memorial Day approached, Mrs. Riva (Regina) Weissbrot and I agreed that I would highlight a bit of her story. Then she fell ill. Once she...
Locked in, locked out
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 04, 2018
When I departed NYC for Denver, before Rosh Hashana, neighbors and close friends of mine in my strongly Jewish building asked if they could put up a Rosh Hashana guest...
The rest — to the freezer
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 27, 2018
As the trees begin to change colors, a special fruit is just ripening in late summer and early fall. Plums. This particular autumn plum is known by so many descriptions:...
