It’s a great time to be half-Greek and half-Syrian! Never has my heritage been so aligned with the headlines. One country is the poster child for global economic failure, the other for geopolitical failure. Every…
At some point in each course, I ask a question that is one of the simplest and hardest questions of all. A hand may shoot up after I pose it, thus indicating an avid interest in…
A friend shared this with me this evening. Some people out there may recognize their own process herein. Step 1: Recognize option A as a reality Step 2: Celebrate option A as the best possible choice in…
Your book arrived today, just a few days after I ordered it on Amazon (and on a Sunday no less!) It looks beautiful and I couldn’t be happier for you I opened up to the…
I recently read David Roskies’ book, The Search for a Usable Jewish Past, and from its pages I noted the following books or authors to read: Ahad Ha’am S. Y. Agnon, The Bridal Canopy, A Simple Story,…
What is the first image in your mind when you hear the word, “disability”? Take that image and imagine that disability can touch people anywhere, at any time, without boundaries. It is a part of…
The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and assertiveness it may not have had in the original. — Susan Sontag
Dear Kelley, I’m delighted that you inquired about where to start with reading Noam Chomsky. I look forward to discussing Hegemony or Survival with you in a couple of weeks. Back in 1986—those horrid years…
Judge: “Father Berrigan, regardless of the outcome of these hearings, will you promise the court that you will refrain from such acts in the future?” Berrigan: ”Your honor, it seems to me that you are…
for Claire At the end of the road they will ask me –Have you lived? Have you loved? And not saying a word I Will open my heart full of names. –Pedro Casaldáliga, Brazil