The three kidnapped teens
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 19, 2014
What really is there to say at such a painful time? My heart is broken along with all of yours. I feel consumed with worry. I am holding my breath […]
A Jew is a Jew is a Jew
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 12, 2014
THE news that Cardinal John OConnor of New York was born of a Jewish mother surfaced a while ago. This week there was an extensive article about it in The […]
Ruth’s leap, Jethro’s ambivalence
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 06, 2014
In the post-Shavuot spirit, in contrast to Ruth who was so singleminded in her famous testimony of devotion, Moses’ father-in-law Jethro stands as a contrasting...
Ruth-less society
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 29, 2014
WHEN we read the Book of Ruth next week on the holiday of Shavuot, we are reminded that all Jews are in essence converts. Some of us go back further […]
Numbers
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 22, 2014
Numbers have been on my mind lately. This coming week’s Torah portion inaugurates the reading of the next book of the Torah, Bamidbar, literally, “in the desert.”...
Holyland
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 15, 2014
The following joke is sadly funny: “Today is 2,190 days, which is 314 weeks, which is 6 years of Olmert” — a parody on the counting of the Omer between […]
‘Hatikva’ — hope
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 08, 2014
This past week, as celebrations of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 66th Independence Day, swelled, a feeling of Jewish pride and thankfulness could be felt. Between the...
We remember them all
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 01, 2014
In tribute to this Sunday’s Yom Hazikaron — Israel’s memorial day for fallen soldiers — a lot of articles on the topic are circulating. One, by Israel National...
I was floored
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 24, 2014
WALKING through Crestmoor Park the other Shabbat, a couple, the guys head covered with a yarmulke and tzitzit (four-cornered tassles) protruding from his shirt, the...
The target was The Jew
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 18, 2014
It’s never a good time to hear about a painful senseless act of hate and violence against our people. But there is something additionally poignant about it that...
