As a Bostonian
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 18, 2013
SUNDAY evening through Monday was Israels Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day. I was already steeped in the intense spirit of this very Israeli experience. Its hard to...
YU honors Jimmy Carter . . . what?
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 11, 2013
GROWING up in Jerusalem, I remember well the drama of Israels relinquishing the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Camp David Peace Accords brokered by former President...
Mimouna memories
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 04, 2013
I was a little girl at the time. I have fond memories, albeit not the clearest ones, of the conclusion of Pesach. It was Jerusalem. We lived in a tiny […]
What’s mine, what’s yours
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 29, 2013
IT is customary to travel from the holiday of Passover to the holiday of Shavuot with the companion of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers. Each Sabbath afternoon one...
Chazzan Koll
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 21, 2013
My relationship with Cantor Isaac Koll and Torah study goes back to my high school days. Before any of us could drive, my sister Mimi and I were in carpool […]
Angel’s tears
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 14, 2013
THE last time I saw him his health had already taken a turn for the worse. It was after another one-of-a-kind Chuck Vernoff Shabbos, permeated by his profound Torah...
What is the kosher food system?
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 07, 2013
THE other day someone stopped me and asked if I can explain kosher to them. Whenever I order protein shakes there is a choice of shakes that are kosher. What
For once, I agree with the UN
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 28, 2013
I never thought I would agree about anything with the UN, an organization I mostly detest. Its anti-Israel bias and, one might say, agenda, is transparent and turns the...
Ooh’d and ahh’d over
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 21, 2013
ONCE a year I bake. I mean really really bake. Yes, throughout the year I bake plenty. Brownies, bundt cakes all kind, challah and from time to time even a […]
A new secular Israel
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 14, 2013
THERE is a quiet revolution taking place in Israel. It is a new day in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. It is a revolution embracing Torah study. In my generation,...
