When I think of the different Chanukah menorahs I’ve lit over the years, it feels like they represent the places I was at in my life, be they geographic or emotional. Some people light just …
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By Tehilla Goldberg
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12/24/19
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Elor Azaria has gone to jail. He is the Israeli soldier who faced a terror attack, then shot dead a Palestinian who was already neutralized.
Whether you think that he is a good soldier who …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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8/17/17
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Sometimes you hear about someone only after he or she has left this world, and you so badly wish you had had the opportunity to meet them face to face in their lifetime. So it was for me this past …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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4/18/18
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As I was grocery shopping at Fairway on the Upper Wehst Side, a product caught my eye: lekvar. I couldn’t believe it. I haven’t seen that Hungarian prune spread in years. It reminds me of …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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3/9/16
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The essence of Memorial Day is to remember and honor the brave men and women who served in the U.S. military, without whom we wouldn’t have the beautiful free and protected country we are …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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6/7/18
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With Rosh Hashana at the doorstep, culinary markers accompany Elul’s piercing shofar blasts and the recitation of Selichot prayers.
Aside from the endearing ritual of the classic simanim …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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9/29/16
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For eight days, at twilight, we will be kindling in the darkness, our windows ablaze in light. Since we were very little, we were raised with the idea that we light chanukiot to publicize the miracle …
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By Tehilla Goldberg
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12/13/17
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You know the scene from the movie “Back To The Future” where the lady is holding a can with a rattling coin, calling: “Save the clock tower! Save the clock tower!” Well, I …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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10/18/17
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The crazy thing is, I have a Friend on Facebook whose Friend is a murderer. When you go to my Facebook Friend’s page, the top message is to the other Friend: “Please tell me you …
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By Tehilla Goldberg
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10/24/19
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I want to tell you something about my grandmother, Miriam Harris Goldberg, editor and publisher of the Denver-based Intermountain Jewish News weekly. She turned 100 years old on Wednesday! One …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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5/25/16
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