View from Central Park
‘I, and not an Angel’
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 05, 2023
There is a custom to begin reviewing the Hagaddah 30 days prior to the holiday. There is also a custom to read parts of the Haggadah on the Shabbat afternoon preceding...
Shalom Aleichem
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 30, 2023
With the impending Passover just days away, with Passover preparation and spirit in the air — the holiday whose motif is redemption and whose story is the inception of...
Elijah moments
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 23, 2023
While the biblical Elijah is a zealous, intense, passionate and exacting personality, Elijah of Talmudic lore and beyond, is a gentler one.
Kiss of life
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 16, 2023
1968’s Pulitzer Prize winning photo “Kiss of Life” depicts two electricians, Randall Champion and Jay Thomson, literally hanging from a power pole.
‘Troubles in the Square’
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 09, 2023
There are so many truly amazing public works of art around the world. Often these works of art add another layer and vibe to a street or a town.
Headstones of heartache . . . and . . .
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 02, 2023
It is almost as if had the one pair of murdered little beautiful brothers from last week’s terror attack, Asher Menachem and Yaakov Israel Paley, lived, they would...
A dreaded anniversary
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 23, 2023
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the war between Russia and Ukraine. It feels like just yesterday when even here in America, where many were...
Locked away forever
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 16, 2023
It felt surreal to have departed from Jerusalem finding out that while I was airborne that peaceful place was experiencing unfathomable tragedy, pain, suffering,...
Tragedy could help bridge the divide
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 09, 2023
The images from Turkey are searing. People searching through the snow in the desperate hopes of finding family members alive.
Shalom, Satan
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 02, 2023
The white pureness of the Jerusalem Sabbath here was punctured by the blood of hate when a terrorist killed seven people outside a synagogue.
