View from Central Park
What is it about snow?
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 10, 2013
I admit it. I am totally jealous of the Jerusalem snowfall. Aside from the fact that there is nothing quite like the magic and joy of a snowy Jerusalem night, […]
Book it
Tehilla R. GoldbergJan 03, 2013
Here is my dilemma of the week. Two novels I have read, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and Life of Pi by Yann Martel, have been made into movies, and […]
No chopsticks on Christmas
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 27, 2012
Ive come a long way, baby! Considering that I had never heard of Christmas or Santa Claus until I was 12, I too felt happy when on Monday evening the […]
My heart belongs to Newtown
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 20, 2012
IT is at tragic times such as this week, in the wake of the Newtown massacre, that a country as large as the United States of America seems to shrink […]
Khaf Tet b’November
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 06, 2012
Personally, I wonder, had Abbas’ speech not been a part of that now doubly historic day, November 29, whether things would have unfolded differently this past...
Tears that bind
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 29, 2012
IN last weeks Torah portion, Vayetzi, the Torah tells us that the first time Jacob sets eyes upon Rachel, he weeps. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and raised his voice,...
Israel’s hour of need
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 21, 2012
Emotionally and psychologically I am a pacifist. I so deeply wish war was not a part of life. In my small way, I try to work toward Isaiahs vision of […]
Upside down
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 15, 2012
WITH the colors becoming more muted shades of copper, chestnut and mahogany November arrives with a gust of wind at the doorway. In my family we have the
Doobie
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 08, 2012
Until Tuesday night, I thought Doobie meant teddy bear in Hebrew or, last I checked, was one of my younger sisters family nickname. I admit, I am not exactly up...
At first I ignored Sandy
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 01, 2012
AT first, when all the news stories began sending out word about preparation for Hurricane Sandy, I ignored it. Not because I was not in the path of the storm […]
