Remember This

Bella Levenshteyn It’s never too late to read Amos To live Amos Here in these United States of Havoc Where we manufacture the bullets & bombs & fighter jets That are distributed all over the…

The Way of the World/2

In 1974 Rabbi Yitz Greenberg averred No statement theological or otherwise Is credible unless it’s credible In the presence of burning children The U.S. government cares passionately Rhetorically about the burning children Victimized by our…

Extra Credit

When you arrive early to the classroom Sit down get settled Turn off your cell phone put it away Take refuge in conscious breathing: “Breathing in, I am calm. Breathing out, I smile.” Look with…

The Work Is Never Done

Dear Abbie and Liz, Given your love for theology, I thought I’d share the following reflections on someone you should at least be acquainted with.  His name is Helder Camara, former archbishop of Recife, Brazil…

Nota Bene

Bartolomé de las Casas Woke up Daniel Ellsberg Woke up Oscar Romero Woke up Bella Levenshteyn How shall we wake up? –from novel-in-progress, Our Heroic and Ceaseless 24/7 Struggle against Tsuris

The Way of the World

Our friends organized a potluck dinner A small gathering to welcome back Rebecca Who’d been in Uganda for ten months Doing therapy and social work With scores of people Who had survived the civil war (In…