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Tehilla Goldberg
Tehilla R. Goldberg

IJN columnist | View from Central Park

We knew

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

It was deja vu all over again this week, wasn’t it? By now, we all can pretty much predict how these insane outbursts of Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza, which...

The Purim spirit intensified

THE Purim spirit intensified in the air — the costumed cuteness of kids, delicious and fun mishlochei manot treats with their final touches. Pre-Purim and Purim pizza...

For them it is vacation . . .

How lucky are we Coloradans that we get to experience the Rockies as our natural habitat? How lucky are we Coloradans that we wake up and fall asleep to the […]

The eves of our lives

“MI-she-nichnas Adar marbim be-simcha.” With the onset of the month of Adar, we increase joyfulness or merriment. This is the Talmudic adage for this month in the...

Forty women baking challah

FOR the fifth time in two weeks I just got asked about the “segulah” of 40 women baking challah. The word segulah is usually used in conjunction with the Jewish...

Yellow and pink and . . .

LAST week I shared with you the heart-stirring story of Seth and Hindy, and Ayelet, may her memory a blessing. When I wrote that column I had no idea of […]

My eye will always be on Ayelet

Why am I sitting here with tears streaming down my face for a two-year-old toddler I have never met, and as it turns out, never will, meet? Why, throughout the

Darkness and light

These Torah portions of the exodus of the Jewish nation are so exciting. I don’t know whether that’s because they include my father’s Bar Mitzvah portion (“Bo”) or...

Land of no borders

Well, it looks like Occupy Wall Street has gone to Occupy Internet. Of course the two protests are completely different with no link whatsoever, but it certainly seems...