View from Central Park
Hakuna Matatta
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 22, 2011
AH, Chanukah. Walking through or driving through a black velvet darkened nightime Chanukah neighborhood wreathed in light is really one of my favorite things. I just...
Chanukah and the Joseph stories
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 15, 2011
THIS week in the Torah we begin reading about the sale of Joseph. For the next three Shabbos readings, we will be immersed in this story of the conflict between...
Eternal light
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 08, 2011
He, of blessed memory, was the tall and proper European gentleman. She, may she live to be 120, is diminutive, with perfect doll quality beauty. Mr. and Mrs. Weissbrot,...
Modern Orthodoxy
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 01, 2011
WHEN I was in college at Yeshiva University, often some of my peers and I would stay up late into the night having fiercely animated, informal discussions about Torah...
Isaac and his parents
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 17, 2011
I know that once the Torah portion is lained or chanted on Shabbos morning, it is practically on to the following weeks Torah portion. By mincha time on Shabbos...
Losses, capped off by Jewish togetherness
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 10, 2011
IT has been a huge week for the Jewish people. Some significant Jewish yahrzeits this week, and unfortunately, some new ones added, that will begin to be observed next...
What a joke, except . . . it’s not
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 03, 2011
After the official and upsetting acceptance of a nonexistent Palestinian State into UNESCO this week, I received this little vignette that was circulating. When Golda...
Over the rainbow
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 27, 2011
THERE is so much imagery in this weeks Torah portion, Noah. There is the ark, and the endless pairs of animals marching into it. There is the special tzohar, the...
A haunting week
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 22, 2011
When I lived in Israel, I had a light blue rectangular bumper sticker glued to the inside of my front door. It was distributed the Chanukah after Gilad Shalit, Ehud...
Is the Gilad Shalit deal true?
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 13, 2011
Popping up one after the other, Facebook status updates around the world began lighting up in staggered succession with Gilad Shalit news. Only to be followed by...
