Tehilla R. Goldberg
IJN columnist | View from Central Park
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...
Heartlettes
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 18, 2009
LATKA? I would intone in that uniquely quirky East Euro-pean Russian yabba dabba gibberish (never could figure it out) of the TAXI show actors signature style....
The oilier the merrier
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 10, 2009
Here we are in todays culinary and weight conscious, low fat, obsessively oil free life . . . and what comes along and bursts our lifestyle? Olive oil. No, I
No minarets in Switzerland
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 03, 2009
As a Jew, it is difficult for me to hear about the surprising vote in Switzerland this week to ban the construction of minarets. How is this out and out […]