View from Central Park
The messenger
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 13, 2013
I read two important articles side by side in The New Yorker, one titled Why Edward Snowden is a Hero, by John Cassidy, the other by his colleague Jeffrey Toobin,...
Outsiders within the family
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 06, 2013
KORACH is notorious as a contentious and power hungry person who tried to overthrow the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Joining Korach in the coup against the leadership...
Revisiting
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 30, 2013
I am just coming off of a three-week trip. The first part was in Israel, the second part mostly in Manhattan but also in other neighborhoods in the New York […]
To pray or not to pray
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 23, 2013
It just so happened that when I was traveling to Israel a couple of weeks ago for a visit, it was Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the commemoration of the day...
Returning to Jerusalem
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 16, 2013
It is so wonderful to be back here in Jerusalem on a visit for a dear friends wedding. After arriving last Thursday evening and meeting up for dinner with other...
Firsts
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 02, 2013
The upcoming holiday of Shavuot marks an agricultural milestone. Shavuot was the time when first fruits were brought to the Temple. In todays day and age when we eat...
Stop the PR fest for terrorists
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 25, 2013
I am tired of the incessant, 24-hour, minute-to-minute, second-by-second news cycle. When it comes to the weather it is ridiculous, but harmless. For example, the hype...
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 […]
