Tehilla R. Goldberg
IJN columnist | View from Central Park
The bird, not the bell
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 17, 2012
To us Americans, the symbol of freedom is that of the Liberty Bell. In Philadelphia, inscribed on the bell are the words from this weeks Torah portion, Behar, in...
What would Rashbi say?
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 10, 2012
SOMETIMES timing is a funny thing. Just a day before Lag bOmer, when so many cities in Israel are blanketed in the smokiness of bonfires commemorating the day that...
Thank you, Frieda
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 03, 2012
ECCLESIASTES teaches, generations come and generations go. Last week, as Frieda Shames Makovsky Englard passed away, the Denver Jewish community was imbued with...
Yom Ha’atzmaut
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 26, 2012
IN the US, many Americans raise the American flag on the front porch of their home for July 4. But many do not. For those who dont, it is not […]
Shalom Eisner’s heroic background
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 19, 2012
Just as I was leaving Israel the story broke of Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner striking?a Danish anti-Israel protester?and anarchist, Andreas Ayas. I knew the name Shalom Eisner...
Pesach in Israel is a whole-country affair
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 12, 2012
It was so great to be back there. I had not been in Israel for a while, so arriving just in time to join the entire country switching over from […]
Leaving hastily
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 05, 2012
As I was paying attention to the Torah reading in shul last Shabbos something about the Torah portion of Tzav rang out as familiar. The korban shelamim the peace...
Pesach food . . . old world
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 29, 2012
THE Pesach seder. A night when the symbol and power of asking questions is celebrated. When we reflect upon the idea of human oppression. And ultimately when we as a...
We knew
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 22, 2012
I think all of our hearts were ripped to shreds this week. All of our tears flowed together with the Jews of France and Israel. When the terrible news spread […]
Musical chairs
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 15, 2012
It was deja vu all over again this week, wasnt it? By now, we all can pretty much predict how these insane outbursts of Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza, which...