A Bridge Builder Among Cultures
Known for her ability to build bridges between diverse communities, Ellen Israel Goldberg is an author, photojournalist, business woman and community leader. She has more than thirty-five years of experience in citizen diplomacy through a variety of local, national, and international activities, which is reflected in her writing. Finding a Bride and Other Adventures of a Jewish Mother In India, based on Goldberg’s 1982 journal, is the ultimate example of bringing people together.
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Welcome To My New Website
Getting my book into print took 32 years. I didn’t write continuously. I would have periods in which I would be inspired and others where I’d put the manuscript aside, sometimes for years. Life got in the way, so the creative juices didn’t always flow. I often worked long hours in business, with extra time for family and volunteering. Sometimes, there were a few minutes for relaxing. Meanwhile, I read many books, both fiction and non-fiction, especially biographies and “how-tos” for writing. … >More
Becoming a Lyricist
Sutapa Ghosh, my longtime friend who is a film producer and the Founder/Director of the Indian Film Festival of Houston, called one afternoon in 2003, asking, “Do you know a good lyricist?” She was leaving for India the next day to meet with the world-reknown Indian pop singer Sonu Nigam to discuss a music project with him. I responded that I couldn’t think of one on such short notice, so she said, “How about if you do it?” Little did she know that for many years, I wrote lyrics and parodies … >More
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Jewish matchmaker helps arrange a marriage in India
Long before there were laptop computers, Goldberg kept a daily journal of her trip to northern India. The journal became a recently published book, “Finding A Bride and Other Adventures of a Jewish Mother in India.” >More
Book Launch and Conversation, Sugar Land
Ellen Goldberg, one of Houston’s 50 most Influential Women of 2014, launched her newest book, “Finding a Bride And Other Adventures Of A Jewish Mother In India” at the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center in Sugar Land on Sunday, February 21, 2016. >More