A more beautiful goodbye
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 25, 2010
IN honor of the holiday of Purim I had planned on spoofing the Olympics in this column and having some fun with political personalities. Something with ski jumps into...
Martin Grossman, executed in Florida
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 18, 2010
NOTHING brought back the vividness and pain of the moral conflict in Steinbecks Of Mice and Men like this weeks capital punishment case in Florida of Martin...
When the Saints go marching in
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 11, 2010
UNTIL Hurricane Katrina I never really knew much about New Orleans. Sure, I knew about the French term Mardi Gras. I knew that Fat Tuesday in New Orleans was a
Chicken soup
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 04, 2010
AH, comfort foods. Which one is your absolute favorite? Me? I cant decide. There is always chocolate, of course. The nuanced, beguiling and voluptuous yet whimsical...
Tu b’Shevat on Shabbat Shira
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 28, 2010
WHAT a joy to welcome the Shabbos bride and Tu bShevat together. There really is something wonderful about the conflation of these two beloved traditions under the...
Reaching out to the Haitians
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 21, 2010
HOW come it is only when there is a rupture, an interruption, a loss in our life that we stop to re-evaluate everything in our lives? How come it is […]
Leadership
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 14, 2010
THE Tanach (Hebrew Bible) has lot to say about leadership. In fact, one of the great themes of the very first book of the Torah, Genesis, is the question of […]
Chocolat
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 07, 2010
ITS healthy. It really is. That is why it has become my choice for a winter Friday night (Shabbat) dessert. Chocolate fondue. Think about it, a dessert or cake usually...
Obama’s vacation
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 31, 2009
ONE question: Why is Obama still in Hawaii? To tell the truth, I was not too impressed with his going there in the first place. But OK, that is just […]
Little House on the Prairie
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 24, 2009
I REMEMBER the first time I went to the theater. I was in the eighth grade. Just then a theater interpretation of S. Y. Agnons short story Tehilla, at The...
