A couple of friends joined me on Oscar night for ice cream and snacks in front of the TV. As brief Oscar acceptance speeches wore on, along came the “craziest” acceptance speech of …
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By Tehilla Goldberg
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2/19/20
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Something has gone wrong in the integration of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community into Israeli society. I have an abiding affection for the Ethiopian community, and on both a human and an Am Yisrael …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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7/18/19
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When I departed New York for Denver before Rosh Hashanah, neighbors in my heavily Jewish building asked if they could put up a Rosh Hashanah guest in my apartment. “Sure!” I replied. …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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10/13/18
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Altough I was just a little girl when I first watched the Eurovision song contest, I remember it like it was yesterday. With no TV at home, we had the privilege of staying up late and …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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3/21/18
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As a little girl, when I thought of bees, my immediate association was: bee sting. And to do anything and everything to avoid that predicament. I still remember once delaying Rabbi Twerski (of …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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9/11/15
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With Purim around the corner, sweet pastries and treats come to mind. When it came to Purim baking, my beloved Hungarian Bubbie took out all the stops. Slaving for weeks, she baked many labor …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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3/10/17
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The World Cup fell during my one-week trip to Israel. Everywhere I went, crowds huddled around screens, people dropped their obligations, transported to the field as they followed the games.
On my …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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7/25/18
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By now it’s an iconic picture. The one from Kiel, Germany, 1931. Yad Vashem has circulated it for a while; nonetheless, every Chanukah it still touches me.
It was an erev Shabbat, the …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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12/17/19
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It started with the disturbing U.N. resolution that, by America’s calculated abstention, was disgracefully allowed to pass.
“Abstain.” It sounds harmless. But it was precisely …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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1/11/17
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I’ve always been confused about what to call it: England, UK, Britain, or Britannia? They are in my mind interchangeable. And just like that, the news from there became equally confusing. …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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5/18/16
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