Divorce
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 07, 2013
Many of us have read a story this week in the New York Post, a sad divorce story written by an Orthodox Jewish young woman named Gital, whose predicament of […]
What a conference!
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 31, 2013
The older we get, the more cynicism grows. Talking about future dreams and coming together in a room with hundreds of people, sensing a palpable idealism, this is the...
An evening with Rabbi Avi
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 24, 2013
In my generation, the hero, the legend of our childhood was Natan Sharansky. Back then, before he got out of a Russian prison, he was known as Anatoly Sharansky. I...
My shuls
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 17, 2013
THE shuls you go to as a child become a central part of your Jewish identity. The memories of the shuls that raised me are indelible. A lifetime of Shabbats […]
Death expressed in color
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 10, 2013
One of the things I miss about New York City and love coming back to is fall foliage. The emergence of that crisp autumn air, the shift to sipping warmer […]
The sukkah endures
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 30, 2013
A night gathering in a sukkah — sort of under the stars — is always a treat. To be in the outdoors in a little hut you build and decorate for just […]
Yom Kippur a reminder of mortality
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 22, 2013
It seemed that almost as soon as Yom Kippur was over, the sad stories began rolling in. The unspeakable tragedy of the little girl in Israel who horrifyingly drowned in...
I expected more
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 12, 2013
Reading anything Holocaust-related is emotionally difficult. Reading the riveting, recently published Hanns and Rudolf by Thomas Harding, is no different. Yet, something...
Callings
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 08, 2013
Next Shabbos, it is Yom Kippur. It feels intimate. Whereas Rosh Hashanah is the birthday (technically, the conception) of the entire world, Yom Kippur is that special...
The tears of Rebbe
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 29, 2013
A Talmudic persona emblematic of teshuva, of repentance, is none other than Elazar ben Dordayah (tractate Avoda Zara 17b). He was steeped in immorality. He fell to the...
